DFA on Bajo de Masinloc ‘intrusion’ claim: ‘It is China that is intruding in Philippine waters’

'There is no obligation for the Philippines as the sovereign state to seek the approval of another when navigating its own territorial sea,' says the DFA

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“Bajo de Masinloc is an integral part of the Philippine territory and over which the Philippines has sovereignty and jurisdiction. The 2016 Arbitral Award upheld its status as a high-tide feature that has no exclusive economic zone or continental shelf of its own as opposed to an island as defined under Article 121 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ,” said the department in a statement released Thursday, November 2.

The tribunal also said the shoal was a common fishing ground for Filipino, Chinese, and Vietnamese which means that no country should be barring small-scale fishing in the area.

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