(Beijing/Manila Comprehensive News) Chinese and Philippine vessels have collided twice a day in the South China Sea.This is actually a collision after the collision of the two countries in April and October.
Comprehensive Agencence France-Presse, Reuters and Bloomberg reported that China and Philippine ships on Sunday (October 22) at Renai Reef (Philippines called Ayunjin Reef) Two collisions occurred near the sea.Maritime Police Ship and Chinese fishing boat.
The sovereignty dispute between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea has a long history.The Philippines took the abandoned landing ship during World War II, parked at the waters of Renai Reef as a outpost, and regularly transported materials to this outpost from 1999.
In the past few months, sovereignty disputes between the two countries have signs of heating up.In April this year, a Chinese maritime police ship almost collided with the Philippine patrol ship; August the Chinese maritime ship transported the Philippine ship with a water cannon to prevent the Philippine ship transporting supplies to Renai Reef; in October, the maritime police ships of the two countries almost collided.
Individual releases of videos of the two countries are accusing each other
Regarding the collision of the ship on Sunday, the Chinese Police reported on Sunday morning that "the Chinese Maritime Police blocks the Philippines to transport illegal construction materials to illegal beach warships in accordance with the law."
At noon, the Chinese Maritime Police again notified more details, saying that Philippine vessels repeatedly ignored clear warnings at 6:14, and deliberately traveled through the Chinese Maritime Police Ship in a "unprofessional and dangerous way."; At 8:13, the Philippine Police Ship" deliberately picks things up, and some premeditated active reversing "leads to a touch.
Gan Yu, a spokesman for the China Sea Police Station, stressed when he talked about the incident on the same day that the Philippine ship ignored the China ’s solemn warning and approached Chinese ships in a unsafe way.
The website of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs also pointed out in the form of a reporter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson that the Chinese Maritime Police adopted necessary law enforcement measures to the Philippine vessels in accordance with domestic and international law to safeguard China's territorial sovereignty and marine rights.,restraint.
In this regard, the Western Philippine National Special Forces issued a statement on Sunday that "the strongest" condemned the danger interception behavior of Chinese ships, and said that China's "dangerous, irresponsible, and illegal behavior" infringed the sovereignty and of the Philippines' sovereignty andJurisdiction has also endangered the safety of the Philippine vessels and crew members.
The Philippines has recently showed a tougher attitude towards the sovereignty dispute in the South China Sea."REL = NOFOLLOW TARGET = _Blank> The buoyant setting set by the controversial waters , it also publicly called on China to stop the" unsafe behavior "at sea last week.
The video released by the Philippine Armed Forces showed that the Philippine supply ship made a clear noise when a collision with the Chinese Maritime Police No. 5203, and then the Philippine ship left the scene without deceleration.
China also released two videos with a total length of 51 seconds, one shows that the Chinese maritime police ship blocked the Philippine vessels; the other shows that the Philippine vessels pass from the front of Chinese ships faster, and a collision occurs in a collision.Essence
US government supports the Philippines.The US ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson on Sunday on social platform X (former Twitter) stated: "We stand with our friends, partners, and allies to protect the Philippines sovereignty and support free and open Indian Pacific region."
