US President Joe Biden and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese say they are ‘concerned about China's excessive maritime claims’ and ‘unilateral actions that may raise tensions and increase the risk of miscalculation in the region’
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“Just this past week, the PRC vessels acted dangerously and unlawfully as our Philippine friends conducted a routine resupply mission within their own – their own exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea. I want to be clear – I want to be very clear: The United States’ defense commitment to the Philippines is ironclad,” Biden said in a joint press briefing with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Washington DC.
On October 22, during a routine resupply mission to the BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal, Chinese and Philippine boats. The Philippines said it was due to China’s “dangerous manuevers” in the open sea – a tactic that Manila has called out in every supply mission. The BRP Sierra Madre is a Philippine Navy ship that was intentionally run aground in Ayungin Shoal in 1999. It now serves as the Philippines’ outpost in the shoal.
“We are concerned about China’s excessive maritime claims that are inconsistent with international law, as well as unilateral actions that may raise tensions and increase the risk of miscalculation in the region. We resolve to work with partners to support regional maritime security and uphold international law,” said Biden and Albanese.
US legislators had also condemned the China Coast Guard’s “unlawful actions” against the Philippines.
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