Marcos reminds China: Form team for high levels comms over South China Sea Full story:
ON BOARD PRESIDENTIAL PLANE – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Sunday, April 30, that China has yet to form its team for a communication mechanism to avoid misunderstandings in the West Philippine Sea.near-collision between the Philippine Coast Guard and the China Coast Guard
in the West Philippine Sea, or the portion of the South China Sea that is part of the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone. “They almost collided and that can cause casualties on both sides. And that’s exactly what we want to avoid, so I told them we should finish, create the high-level communication mechanism we talked about. It has yet to be formed,” Marcos told reporters on board the presidential plane en route to the United States.Play Video
The Philippines, said Marcos, has already submitted the names and contact numbers of its team members.signed between Manila and Beijing during Marcos’ state visit in January. Marcos did not identify who he spoke to about finalizing the communication mechanism, but he was photographed with
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