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The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Friday said it has completed its rotation and resupply mission for the BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal without interference from Chinese vessels in the area."Up to eight different Chinese vessels were monitored in the vicinity, but posed no threat to our mission and our personnel were able to complete the mission and sustain our presence in the shoal," AFP spokesperson Colonel Francel Margareth Padilla said in a statement.
However, tensions have marred recent Philippine missions near other contested features in the West Philippines, including the repeated ramming of the BRP Teresa Magbanua at Escoda Shoal, the firing of flares from Subi Reef, and the close flight of a Chinese military helicopter near a plane of Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources over Bajo de Masinloc.Ayungin Shoal is a submerged reef in the Spratly Islands.
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