The Philippine Coast Guard needs at least 20 offshore patrol vessels to sustain its presence in the West Philippine Sea and other territorial waters of the country, an official said Monday. | JEMendozaINQ
The PCG also spotted at least 30 suspected Chinese maritime militia vessels in Sabina and Ayungin Shoal also in the West Philippine Sea during its maritime domain awareness flight last February 21.ADVERTISEMENT
Apparently, China’s actions were anchored on its sweeping claims over South China Sea, including the West Philippine Sea. But the July 2016 ruling of the United Nations-backed Permanent Court of Arbitration based in The Hague, Netherland, invalidated China’s nine-dash line claim that covers almost the entire South China Sea.
The Philippines, under the administration of then President Benigno S. Aquino III, in 2013 challenged before the PCA Bejing’s assertion that it owns more than 80 percent of the South China Sea, which included waters in the exclusive exonomic zone of Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam. The PCA ruled that China’s nine-dash line claim had no basis in international law and that it had violated the Philippines’ sovereign right to fish and explore resources in the West Philippine Sea, the waters within the country’s 370-kilometer EEZ in the South China Sea.Subscribe to our daily newsletter
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