US Defense Director: China Maritime Police Shipan China Sea Behavior has ＂coercion an

(Manila Bloomberg) US Defense Minister Austin pointed out that the Chinese Maritime Police Ship's behavior in the South China Sea is "coercion and risk."

Austin made the above statement with the Philippines Defense Minister De Odolo on Thursday (July 6).He reiterated the "iron" commitment to defend the Philippines in the United States, and stated that the common defense treaty of the two countries covered all the Philippine forces, including the Philippine Coast Guard in the South China Sea.

Austin said that the Minister of Defense of the United States and the Philippines "committed to maintaining rules -based order and supported the Philippines and other sovereign sovereignty countries to launch legal maritime activities in the South China Sea, which is consistent with the ruling of the 2016 arbitral trustee."

China has a "nine -segment line" south of the south of China Sea Sovereign Hague arbitration without legal basis

In 2016, the Hague Arbitration Tribunal determined that China had no legal basis for the sovereignty of the South China Sea with the "nine sections".Beijing's lawsuit does not participate or accept it from beginning to end.

The United States Ambassador to the Philippines Calrson on Friday (7th) in Twitter to criticize the recent behavior of China Maritime Police Ship "unprofessional", and pointed out that China ’s“ irresponsible behavior ”in the South China Sea to the Philippinesthreaten.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin responded on Thursday that the Philippine Coast Guard Ship broke into the waters near Renai Reef without the Chinese permission on the same day."China Maritime Police and Ship carried out law enforcement activities in accordance with the law, safeguarding Chinese territorial sovereignty and maritime order, and related operations and restraint."

The Philippine Coast Guard said on Wednesday (5th) that when the two coastal guard ships escorted the ships on June 30, when the two ships were obviously larger in ChinaThe maritime police ship continued to follow, harass and obstruct.

Ayunjin Reef is located 105 nautical miles west of Balawwan, Philippines, in the exclusive economic zone of 200 nautical miles in the Philippines, but China also advocates that it has sovereignty in this sea area.