Despite the recent 'escalation' of Chinese aggression in Philippine waters, President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. said the country will not be invoking its Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) with the United States.
Despite the recent “escalation” of Chinese aggression in Philippine waters, President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. said the country will not be invoking its Mutual Defense Treaty with the United States.
Instead, the chief executive said the country will be filing the necessary protest against China after its ships harassed and engaged in dangerous maneuvers against Philippine vessels delivering supplies to Filipino troops stationed at Ayungin Shoal.“We continue to view with great alarm this continuing dangerous maneuvers and dangerous actions that are being done against our seamen, our Coast Guard,” Marcos said in an interview with reporters in Melbourne, Australia last Wednesday.
“However, there is a suspicion that they are not only research vessels so, again, this is a bit of an escalation of the tension that is present in the West Philippines Sea,” the President said. “It is thus my government’s position that we will not yield an inch of our sovereign territory, as we are committed to defending our rights within the parameters recognized by international law,” he said.
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