France has reaffirmed its support for the 2016 arbitral ruling as its embassy in Manila also expressed concern over recent developments in the South China Sea. | santostinaINQ /PDI
The Philippine Coast Guard said this development could be the start of China’s occupation of that area.
But Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said the maneuvers by the vessel concerned were “professional and restrained,” adding that China was carrying out law enforcement activities on what it called its territory.Albay Rep. Joey Salceda said he would examine, during deliberations on the 2024 budget, the country’s maritime defense capabilities and seek updates on the defense establishment’s review of the Philippines’ mutual defense treaty with the United States.
Bobby Roldan, Luzon vice chair of fisherfolk group Pamalakaya, said the Marcos administration should be “very concerned” about the long-term damage that China’s trespassing on Philippine waters may cause on fish production in the country. But all that changed in 2012, when China seized control of the shoal after its repeated trespassing since the 1990s.
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