Panelo said it is important for Pres. Duterte to raise the maritime surveys being conducted by Beijing in PH waters with Chinese Pres. Xi
MANILA - It is important for President Rodrigo Duterte to raise with his Chinese counterpart the maritime surveys being conducted by Beijing in Philippine waters without consent from Manila.
“The incident has been repeatedly done and therefore has become an irritant,” he said, noting that Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. is expected to issue a diplomatic protest over the “intrusions.” The reported intrusions in Philippine waters come amid still unresolved disputes between Manila and Beijing over the West Philippine Sea, the country's exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea.
In 2016, an international arbitration court invalidated Beijing’s sweeping claims, and said that oil-rich Recto Bank was part of the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone .
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