(Washington/Manila Comprehensive) The Philippine President President Macos said, The cooperation agreement reached by the Philippines and Japan Summit will change the situation in the South China Sea and Southeast Asia, but he also said that the summit is not targeted at China.
The first three -party summit of the Philippines and the United States was held on Thursday (April 11) in Washington.Macatus, US President Biden, and Japanese Prime Minister Kishita Nada promised to strengthen the military alliance of the Three Kingdoms, and expressed "serious concerns" in China's "danger and aggression in the South China Sea".
Little Marco said at a press conference on Friday: "I think the three -sided agreement is very important ... It will change the trend of the region, the Asianian and the South China Sea."
At the same time, he assured China that the summit did not target "any country", but focused on deepening economic and security relations between Manila, Washington and Tokyo.
On the second day of the summit, the US -Philippine Defense Minister, Foreign Minister and National Security Consultant held a meeting in the US State Department.Philippine Foreign Minister Manlo said that the Philippines is determined to maintain the sovereign rights in the South China Sea, especially the Philippine exclusive economic zone, and hopes that the meetings of the day will make Washington and Manila more effectively coordinate countermeasures in terms of diplomacy, national defense and security.He also accused China of "harassment upgrades" for the Philippines.
The Philippines and China have occurred in a series of conflicts in the South China Sea in the past year. The two countries have collided many times. The Philippines claims that the Chinese maritime police ships have used high -pressure water guns many times, hindering the Philippine vessels in Ayunjin Reef (China known as China.Renai Reef) Stranging warship transportation.
The US Secretary of Defense Austin showed that Washington and Manila stood on the same front, opposing China's "coercion" to the Philippines, and emphasized that the United States 'commitment to the United States and the Philippines' joint defense treaty is as strong as a rock."We are working together ... strengthen the interoperability between our troops, expand our action coordination, and resist the coercion facing the South China Sea."
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China summoned Japan and the Philippines to the embassy in China on Friday, and expressed dissatisfaction with the US -Japan -Philippine leaders at the Third Summit's negative comments on China.
Aiming at Little Marcus, the Philippines will keep dialogue with China at all levels to avoid the heating situation of the South China Sea. A spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines said in an inquiry on the weekend that the Philippine side must ease the situation through the conversation.Consensus and stop provocation.
A spokesman said that the Philippine warships violated Chinese sovereignty in the long -term "beach" in Renai Reef. Before the Philippines was dragged away, if you want to provide living materials for the people on the ship, China is willing to start from humanitarianism and allow the Philippines to transport the Fifth Fang Yun.Make up, China will monitor the whole process.However, China resolutely stops the Filipino transportation of building materials on board for repair and reinforcement.
Duterte has a "gentleman agreement" with Beijing
On the other hand, when asked about the "gentleman agreement" reached by the former President Duterte with China on Friday, Magaks urged Duterte to clarify.He believes that this will help explain why China was annoyed by the Philippines' actions in the West Philippines.
Duterte's presidential spokesman Locke confirmed at the end of last month that he reached a "gentleman agreement" with China during his tenure. The two sides promised to maintain the status quo of the Western Philippines, that is, the Filipino did not build or repair facilities in the sea.
Duterte held a press conference on Thursday to clarify that he reached an agreement with the Chinese official "handshake" to maintain the status quo of the controversial waters.He denied the Territory of the Philippines, but acknowledged that he promised not to repair the warships stranded in Ayunjin Reef.