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The Department of Foreign Affairs on Friday debunked the claims of China that it is being used as a “pawn” by the United States. Manila is also not letting Beijing’s actions in the West Philippine Sea go unchallenged.
According to the DFA chief, the Philippines is “not bystander situation” as it needs “to act to protect our interests and we need to act as cohesively as possible – by rejecting counternarratives that seek to distract us from our objectives.” Manalo said the Philippines “must expose the illegality of the nine-dash line that is being used as the basis for threatening the livelihoods of our fishermen through harassment and intimidation, and for reclamation activities that degrade the environment in these vital waters.”
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