The country will not participate in maritime drills with any country in the South China Sea (SCS) unless it is done within its 12-nautical mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ), Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has declared.
Lorenzana said it was President Duterte who gave the orders to prevent an escalation of tension in the disputed waters.
The defense chief’s remarks came after the United States deployed its nuclear-powered warships in the SCS in recent weeks to counter China’s aggressive moves to impose its might in the area. Lieutenant General Gilbert Gapay, newly-appointed Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines , agreed with Lorenzana as he insisted that the country’s dispute with China should be resolved “peacefully.”
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