Manila and Beijing have a long history of maritime territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
Manila and Beijing have a long history of maritime territorial disputes in the South China Sea, but tensions have worsened in the past 18 months.
China claims almost the entire waterway through which trillions of dollars in ship-borne trade passes annually, and huge unexploited oil and gas deposits are believed to lie under its seabed.In the submission filed on June 15, Manila claimed it was entitled to “establish the outer limits of its continental shelf” up to 350 nautical miles off the western island of Palawan, the maximum allowed under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea .
“Today we secure our future by making a manifestation of our exclusive right to explore and exploit natural resources in our ECS entitlement,” said Mr Alferez, who is the assistant secretary for maritime and ocean affairs. China has brushed aside rival claims to the sea and ignored an international ruling that its expansive claims over the waters are without legal basis.
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