The Philippines will not let itself become a “staging post” for the military activities of any foreign country in the South China Sea, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. emphasized amid the simmering tension in the Taiwan Strait between the US and China. /PDI
“We’ll not encourage any provocative action by any country that will involve the Philippines. We will not allow that to happen. We will not allow the Philippines to be used as a staging post for any kind of military action,” he pointed out.
The United States earlier called on China to stop “provocative and unsafe conduct” in the contested South China Sea following the near-collision incident last April 23.Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian earlier claimed that the United States would utilize the new sites under its Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement with the Philippines to “interfere in the situation across the Taiwan Strait.
Huang earlier warned that the welfare of more than 150,000 Filipino migrant workers in Taiwan might be jeopardized if the Philippines refused to “unequivocally oppose” the island nation’s independence.ADVERTISEMENT The close call that the PCG’s BRP Malapascua had with a Chinese Coast Guard ship on April 23 was “a little more dangerous,” according to Marcos.
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