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The Philippines will work hard to bring China back to the table for talks amid ongoing tensions in the West Philippine Sea , Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo told a Senate inquiry on Tuesday.The Philippines earlier said the latest incident in Ayungin Shoal between Filipino troops and China Coast Guard was neither a misunderstanding nor an accident.
Seven Filipino troops were hurt, including one who lost his thumb, when Chinese Coast Guard personnel harassed a Philippine resupply mission to Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea on June 17. The Ayungin Shoal, which is also called Second Thomas Shoal, is located 105 nautical miles west of Palawan and is within the Philippines' 200-mile exclusive economic zone and is part of its continental shelf.President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.
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