The Philippine Coast Guard is seeking the cooperation of the Chinese embassy and the China Maritime Safety Agency in its investigation on the possible involvement of two Chinese commercial vessels in the ramming and sinking of a Filipino fishing boat off Subic in Zambales on July 3.
Coast guards from the Philippines, United States, and Japan gather together to participate in the first-ever trilateral marine exercises held at the waters of the West Philippine Sea, several meters away from Mariveles in Bataan on June 6, 2023.
He added the PCG intends to send innvestigators to China. “Hopefully, they would allow us to conduct an investigation,” he said. He also explained that the incident happened along a “maritime route” used by several passing vessels. “It passed by the Philippine Sea, in our eastern seaboard or Pacific side, but outside our EEZ. It was about 230 nautical miles ,” he said in a mix of English and Filipino.Trinidad said the carrier strike group is also not required to alert Philippine authorities since it did not enter the country’s territorial waters.
While these aircraft carriers may pass through Philippine waters under the concept freedom of navigation and innocent passage, the Navy official maintained that they should not conduct anything that is “against the detriment of the safety and security of the coastal state.”In a post on X, US Ambassador MaryKay Carlson visited the Western Command headquarters in Palawan yesterday for “coordination meeting” with new Wescom chief Rear Admiral Alfonso Torres Jr. and other top officers.
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