By recognizing a 1900 treaty as among those regulating the Philippine territory, China has inadvertently supported Manila’s claim over disputed features in the West Philippine Sea, former Supreme Court senior associate justice Antonio Carpio said.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines announced a successful third Philippine-US Maritime Cooperative Activity in Philippine territorial waters, involving the Philippine Navy’s BRP Gregorio del Pilar and US Navy’s USS Gabrielle Giffords. Gregorio del Pilar’s AW109 helicopter and Gabrielle Giffords’ MH-60S Sea Hawk were involved in the activity featuring advanced planning and maritime communication operations within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone.
“There’s only one article in that Treaty of Washington: Spain also cedes to US any and all islands belonging to the Philippine archipelago, lying outside the lines of the Treaty of Paris,” said the former justice. “These are all wrong… are factually, legally and historically false,” he said, referring to the previous positions made regarding the Paris treaty.Carpio, however, revealed that China might have inadvertently supported the Philippine position when it invoked the Treaty of Washington during the arbitration filed by the Philippines.
Carpio welcomed Marcos’ speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue, when he specifically invoked the Washington treaty. According to the military, the CCG was able to block the first medical evacuation attempt. A second attempt, aided by the Philippine Coast Guard the following day, was successfully carried out.
“Because of that intent of the CCG to get our supplies, they came very close to the BRP Sierra Madre and from the point of view of our soldiers, this pose a danger, a threat because they were too close. That is why there were videos, there were images of our soldiers carrying their guns. But again, I’d like to emphasize they did not point their guns to the Chinese. We follow the rules of engagement and our soldiers know that,” Brawner stressed.
He added that the heroic act of Filipinos “deserve the highest commendation from our government” as they “risk their lives to bring food supplies to their fellow Filipinos and uphold the interest and honor of the country against all odds.”
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