Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr marks the 4th year since the Philippines won its historic case against China by reaffirming Manila's 'adherence to the award and its enforcement without any possibility of compromise or change.'
In the previous year alone, the Duterte administration's policy in the West Philippine Sea was placed under scrutiny after the ramming and abandonment of aLocsin said the arbitration case which had been"overwhelmingly won" by the Philippines and was based on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea "conclusively settles the issue of historic rights and maritime entitlements in the South China Sea.
In particular, Locsin reiterated that the ruling struck down as illegal China's 9-dash line, which it used to claim virtually the entire South China Sea. He also stressed that China's actions in the West Philippine Sea were found to have violated the Philippines' rights. "The Tribunal ruled that certain actions within the Philippines' EEZ violated the Philippines' sovereign rights and were thus unlawful; that large-scale reclamation and construction of artificial islands caused severe environmental harm in violation of international conventions; that the large-scale harvesting of endangered marine species damaged the marine ecosystem; and that actions taken since the commencement of the arbitration had aggravated the disputes," he said.
He added that the ruling will also be used to"clearly mark out who would be in the wrong to insist on claims contrary to this award."
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