(Manila/Beijing Composite Electric) The Philippines issued a diplomatic meeting to China, requiring China to explain the last Saturday (August 5) The China Maritime Police Ship drove the Filipino Coast Guard Ship by water cannon and asked China to stop" illegal activities "in the South China Sea.
The Philippine President President Xiaomas said on Monday (7th) that the Philippine Minister of Student Mana summoned the Chinese ambassador Huang Xilian on the same day and sent him a normal photo meeting, including pictures and videos at the time of the incident.The Filipino is currently waiting for the Chinese reply.
Patt. "Position in China, of course, they said 'This is ours, so we want to defend it', and we say 'No, this belongs to us, so we must defend it' '. This is the gray range we are discussing. "
Macco also said that Manila will continue to safeguard sovereignty and defend territorial rights.
The Philippine Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Security Council held a joint press conference on Monday, asking China to stop "coercion, illegal and unacceptable activities" in the Western Philippines Sea (that is, the South China Sea on the west side of the Philippines).
The Assistant Director of the National Security Council, Maraa, emphasized that the international arbitral tribunal ruled that the Philippines had the exclusive rights of the Western Philippines Sea in 2016. This is incompetent.
A spokesman for Foreign Ministry of the Philippines Daza also asked China to "stop illegal activities in the Philippines" at a press conference. She confirmed that the Philippine direction issued a diplomatic photo meeting. This is the 445th diplomatic protest since 2020.Protest 35 times this year.
On the day of the incident, the Philippine Coast Guard was escorting two supply vessels to the Philippine military personnel on a "beach" warships in the Nansha Islands, the SECOND Thomas Shoal (known as Renai Reef)Grain, water, fuel and other supplies.The Philippine armed forces said that the Chinese maritime police ship blocked the Philippine ship and fired a water cannon, which caused the Philippines to uninstall the supplies of the second supply ship to carry out routine and supply operations for routine forces.The Philippine said that "this is an indifferent to the safety of the people on board, and it also violates international law."
The "beach" warship of the Philippines was a US landlier during World War II. It was later purchased by the Philippine Navy and renamed Sierra Madre.In 1999, the Philippines deliberately stranded the old warship on Ayunjin Reef to strengthen the sovereignty of the Nansha Islands.
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China claims to have most of the sovereignty of the South China Sea. It has repeatedly used the Renai Reef as part of the Nansha Islands in China.
China repeatedly put forward this request on Monday.A spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs pointed out on Monday that the Philippines has repeatedly promised to drag the warship, but so far has not fulfilled its commitment, and also tried to reinforce the large -scale maintenance of the warships and achieve permanent occupation of Renai Reef.
A spokesman said that on August 5th, the Philippines disregarded the Chinese dissuasion and warning, and sent two ships to the waters of Renai Reef, and transported construction materials for large -scale maintenance and reinforcement to the "beach" warship."The Philippines moved to violate the sovereignty of China and violated the actions of all parties in the South China Sea. The Chinese Maritime Police Ship was blocked in accordance with the law and adopted warning law enforcement measures.
A spokesman also accused the US State Department of ignoring the facts and issued a statement to attack China's legitimate maritime rights law enforcement operations.China has resolutely opposed the United States' "illegal provocative behavior platform endorsement" for the Philippines.
The United States issued a statement earlier that Beijing's actions were "the latest threat to the status quo of the South China Sea, which directly threatened the regional peace and stability" and reiterated that "we stand with the Philippine allies."