The Armed Forces of the Philippines has declined to give its comments on the near-collision incident between a Chinese Coast Guard ship and a Philippine Coast Guard vessel, carrying journalists, in the Spratly Islands in the disputed South China Sea.
“Yes, nakarating na po ito sa amin. But I would rather let the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea, which is an interagency [body], to handle this issue because it is more capable… on this level,” AFP spokesperson Col. Medel Aguilar said during the Saturday News Forum in Quezon City.
The Philippine Coast Guard has reported that more than 100 Chinese vessels were spotted during the maritime patrols of Philippine vessels in the WPS.
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