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The Philippines will not agree to de-escalate the situation in the West Philippine Sea on China’s terms, according to National Security Adviser Eduardo Año.
Año dismissed Beijing’s remarks that the Philippines has to seek permission to conduct resupply missions for the troops stationed at the BRP Sierra Madre on the Ayungin Shoal. “It was an understanding to defuse the situation at the Ayungin Shoal so that nobody would get hurt and we can resupply for the troops at the BRP Sierra Madre without giving up our national interest and protect out sovereign rights ,” Año clarified.“It’s an understanding. There is no commitment. It was not an agreement,” he stressed.
“We fully support the President’s statement. And I think the President simply wanted to make clear in his SONA his administration’s unwavering position in the West Philippine Sea. That no amount of aggression or coercion will change his administration’s position on the matter. The WPS is our seas, we exercise sovereign rights over it, and it is our patrimony from present and future generations,” Año said.
“We take note that the Philippine side said it’s ready to implement the arrangement it reached with China. We hope the Philippines will keep its word. We call on the Philippines to not to backpedal, not to create problems, and not to do anything that would complicate the situation,” she added.
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