Malaysia insists on its claim to an extended economic shelf that includes a portion of the West Philippine Sea, and which is reckoned from the shores of Sabah.
, and reasserted its claim to a portion of the South China Sea that Manila said is part of its West Philippine Sea.
The original submission by Malaysia on December 12, 2019, stated a claim to an ECS – a portion of the seabed beyond its 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone – that included a swathe of sea and several islets that form part of the Philippines’ Kalayaan Island Group in the West Philippine Sea.in a verbal note to the UN on March 6.
Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr drew renewed attention to the Sabah dispute when he tweeted in late July thatAlthough the Philippines hasits claim of sovereignty over Sabah, it has for the most part kept that claim dormant in order to maintain harmonious ties with Malaysia. When Malaysia gained independence from Britain in 1957, control over Sabah transferred from the British to the nascent Malaysian government.
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