‘We strongly deplore and condemn the continued illegal, aggressive, and destabilizing conduct of the CCG and CMM within the nation’s exclusive economic zone,’ says National Security Council Assistant Director General Jonathan Malaya
MANILA, Philippines – Philippine officials condemned the “harassment, dangerous maneuvers, and aggressive conduct” of Chinese vessels which againFilipino troops en route to a resupply mission near Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea.
Only the Philippine government has the sovereign right to run law enforcement operations in the area since Ayungin Shoal falls within the country’s exclusive economic zone, Malaya emphasized.by the China Coast Guard that Philippine vessels were the ones entering waters “without the permission of the Chinese government” and conducting “illegal transportation of construction materials by the Philippines to the illegal grounded warship.
“Law enforcement operations in the exclusive economic zone are within the purview of elements of the Philippine government – and that is whyThe actions by China came just a day after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
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