THE deputy foreign ministers of the United States and China spoke over the phone with regard to the June 17 clash between China Coast Guard and Philippine Navy that resulted in the injury of one Filipino sailor and damage of a Philippine military boat.
The US State Department said Deputy Secretary Kurt Campbell “raised serious concerns regarding destabilizing actions” in the West Philippine Sea, including at Ayungin Shoal .“The Deputy Secretary reiterated that US commitments to the Philippines under the Mutual Defense Treaty remain ironclad,” US State Secretary Matthew Miller said in a press readout from Washington D.C.
“Ironically, a state that has neither signed nor ratified the US never failed to use Unclos to denounce others. The Chinese Embassy also questioned the US Embassy in Manila for being “silent” on reports that the US military engaged in disinformation campaign to smear the reputation of China-made vaccines Sinovac.
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