Dismissing China's demand to remove a grounded Philippine vessel from the Ayungin Shoal, the Department of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday said the BRP Sierra Madre was a permanent military station tasked to "protect and secure Philippine rights and interests in the West Philippine Sea."
Dismissing China's demand to remove a grounded Philippine vessel from the Ayungin Shoal, the Department of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday said the BRP Sierra Madre was a permanent military station tasked to "protect and secure Philippine rights and interests in the West Philippine Sea."
Daza said the Philippines decided in 1999 to deploy a permanent station on Ayungin Shoal in response to China’s illegal occupation of the Panganiban Reef, also known as Mischief Reef, a Philippine territory, in 1995.
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