THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has summoned the Chinese Ambassador to Manila and protested the two incidents of collision between Philippine and Chinese vessels near Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) early Sunday morning.
THE Department of Foreign Affairs has summoned the Chinese Ambassador to Manila and protested the two incidents of collision between Philippine and Chinese vessels near Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea early Sunday morning.
“We conveyed our position that we have every right under UNCLOS to carry out legitimate activities in our maritime zone, and that we do not accept any foreign interference,” Ma. Teresita Daza, DFA spokesperson, said in a news conference. The National Task Force on West Philippine Sea , an inter-agency group led by the National Security Council, also “condemned in strongest terms” the latest incidents in what they called “dangerous, irresponsible, and illegal blocking maneuvers” by the Chinese Coast Guard “in concert with Chinese militias.”
It said the Chinese Coast Guard ships were “conducting law enforcement” and the Chinese fishing vessels were “just having normal fishing activities” when the Philippine resupply vessels were passing through the WPS.
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