President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. summoned Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian following the laser attack of China’s coast guard against the crew of a Philippine Coast Guard vessel supporting a resupply mission of the Philippine Navy in Ayungin Shoal. Know more:
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday summoned Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian following the laser attack of China’s coast guard against the crew of a Philippine Coast Guard vessel supporting a resupply mission of the Philippine Navy in Ayungin Shoal.
“The President summoned Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian this [Tuesday] afternoon to express his serious concern over the increasing frequency and intensity of actions by China against the Philippine Coast Guard and our Filipino fishermen in their bancas, the latest of which was the deployment of a military grade laser against our Coast Guard vessels,” said the Palace statement.
“More broadly, the PRC’s dangerous operational behavior directly threatens regional peace and stability, infringes upon freedom of navigation in the South China Sea as guaranteed under international law, and undermines the rules-based international order,” Price added. “The United States stands with our Philippine allies in upholding the rules-based international maritime order and reaffirms an armed attack on Philippine armed forces, public vessels, or aircraft, including those of the Coast Guard in the South China Sea, would invoke US mutual defense commitments under Article IV of the 1951 US Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty,” Price said.
DFA spokesperson Ma. Teresita Daza said, “The Philippines has the prerogative to conduct legitimate activities within its exclusive economic zone and continental shelf. China does not have law enforcement rights or powers in and around Ayungin Shoal or any part of the Philippine EEZ.” The senator described the act, which reportedly caused temporary blindness to the Filipino crew members, as “loathsome, as it put them in harm’s way and jeopardized their safety.”
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