The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday said that the country has filed a fresh diplomatic protest against China after its ships collided with Filipino vessels on a resupply mission to the Ayungin Shoal on Sunday.
DFA spokesperson Teresita Daza said the agency summoned Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian on Monday morning following the incident.
However, the envoy was out of town so the agency instead summoned the Chinese Embassy’s Deputy Chief of Mission to convey the country’s protest. The DFA said as of Oct. 23, the country has filed a total of 465 protests against China since January 2020. Out of these, 122 were lodged during the Marcos administration, of which 55 were made in 2023 alone.
Officials of the National Task Force of the West Philippine Sea said China’s dangerous maneuvers imperiled Filipino lives. As a result of the collision, only one of the two civilian vessels contracted by the military was able to successfully complete its resupply mission to the BRP Sierra Madre.
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