The United States on Saturday called on China to stop harassing Philippine vessels in the South China Sea, pledging to stand with the Philippines at a time of simmering geopolitical tension. | Reuters
According to reports, Manila said a China Coast Guard ship used “dangerous maneuvers” to block the 44-meter BRP Malapascua of the Philippine Coast Guard sailing toward Ayungin.
The US also cited its mutual defense commitments to the country under the 1951 U.S. Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty. “The United States stands with our Philippine allies in upholding the rules-based international maritime order and reaffirms that an armed attack in the Pacific, which includes the South China Sea, on Philippine armed forces, public vessels, or aircraft, including those of the Coast Guard, would invoke U.S. mutual defense commitments under Article IV of the 1951 U.S. Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty,” the US said.
Meanwhile, Australian Ambassador to the Philippines HK Yu, called for “peace, stability, and respect” in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in the WPS.“Concerned by further reports of unprofessional and dangerous conduct against the Philippines in its Exclusive Economic Zone. Australia reiterates our call for peace, stability, and respect for UNCLOS in the South China Sea, a vital international waterway,” Yu wrote in a Twitter post on Sunday.
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