Following Malaysia and India, the Philippine Ministry of Foreign Affairs also stated that it did not recognize China's sovereignty in the South China Sea in the new version of the standard map.
According to Bloomberg, the Philippine Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Thursday (August 31) that the latest attempts of the sovereignty and jurisdiction of the Philippines island reefs and sea areas in China have no international law basis without international law basis, Especially violated the United Nations Convention on the Ocean Law in 1982.
Manila calls on Beijing to "take responsible actions" to comply with China's obligations under the United Nations Marine Law Convention and the 2016 South China Sea Arbitration Case.
The Ministry of Natural Resources of China released the "2023 Edition China Standard Map" on the official website on Monday (August 28) to incorporate the South China Sea Nine Section Line into the sea area under China's jurisdiction, but Manila advocated Pai Gega Island Island(China is known as Zhongye Island), Ayunjin Reef (China is known as Renai Reef), etc. It belongs to the Philippine territory.
In addition, because China's new version of the map also covers the waters of the Malaysians in Sabah and Sarawak, and use this to claim the South China Sea, Malaysia ’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on Wednesday to oppose China unilaterally Malaysia.The Sabah and Sarawan waters in the "latest map" in 1979 became the waters under the jurisdiction of China.
The Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs also opposed the Chinese map to the Chinese map (known as southern Tibet), the Donglang Plateau, and Aksaichin into Chinese territory.
