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Philippine Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the ministerial meeting in Laos and both affirmed that a recently agreed arrangement in resupply missions in Ayungin Shoal will be honored, diplomatic sources told GMA News Online.The Philippines conducted a rotation and reprovisioning mission to the BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal on Saturday and "no untoward incident was reported," a Department of Foreign Affairs statement said.
The Philippines occupies the shoal, which is within its exclusive economic zone and continental shelf but China also claims it.In that incident, the Chinese Coast Guard blocked, harassed, and attacked Filipino navy personnel while bringing food and other supplies for a small Philippine contingent guarding the shoal, where a rusting World War II-era vessel was deliberately grounded by Manila in 1998.Several Filipinos were injured, including one who lost his right thumb.
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