PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. assured the public that the government will defend the country’s sovereignty, following China’s release of an
“We received the news that now the nine-dash line has been extended to the ten-dash line. We have to respond to all of these and we will,”He said that the administration would closely abide by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea .
President Marcos is expected to make a push for a statement on the matter at the upcoming 43rd ASEAN Summit in Indonesia next week. He cautioned against letting the Ayungin Shoal tensions become “overblown,” because China is the country’s biggest trade partner, a big potential investor, and an important consumer market of 1.4 billion people for Philippine products.
He called for joint patrols of the disputed waterway with the forces of the United States and Australia.
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