The US reiterates support for the Philippines’ continued calls for China to respect the international law of the sea in the South China Sea, and legal obligations based on the 2016 arbitral ruling.
The United States joined the Philippines in calling on Beijing again to keep off the West Philippine Sea and follow the international law of the sea, barely a week after the defense department blew the whistle on several Chinese vessels found lingering around the Spratly Islands.
On Wednesday, December 14, DND officer-in-charge Jose Faustino Jr. expressed “great concern” over China’s continued presence around features in the West Philippine Sea, calling the information about Chinese vessels near Iriqouis Reef and Sabina Shoa asl “unacceptable.” In the statement released by the office of US state department spokesperson Ned Price, the US noted the reported escalating swarms of PRC vessels in the vicinity of Iroquois Reef and Sabina Shoal in the Spratly Islands that interfere with the livelihoods of Filipino fishers, and “reflect continuing disregard for other South China Sea claimants and states lawfully operating in the region.”
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