The joint navy workout routines that China has supplied the Philippines may now not push via contemplating the current tensions within the West Philippine Sea, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief General Romeo Brawner Jr. stated Sunday.
“Well, sa ginagawa nila, talagang mukhang malabo na po,” Brawner stated in a Super Radyo dzBB interview.
(Well, with what they’re doing, it seems it will not occur anymore.)
It was in July when the AFP chief introduced that Beijing has supplied to carry joint navy drills with Manila.
The National Task Force on the West Philippine Sea had stated that the Philippines and China haven’t any visiting forces settlement that will cowl such joint navy workout routines between the 2 international locations.
Brawner stated the navy drills with different international locations the Philippines considers its “partners” just like the United States, Japan, and Canada would proceed.
“Kailangan nating ipaalam sa buong mundo ang nangyayari dito sa South China Sea. Dahil ‘yung mga nangyayaring ito recently, we have been successful in exposing ‘yung mga ginagawang coercive and dangerous tactics ng China,” he added.
(We must let the entire world know what is occurring right here within the South China Sea. Because of what’s taking place just lately, we have now been profitable in exposing China’s coercive and harmful ways.)
On August 5, the Chinese Coast Guard used water cannons in opposition to the Philippine Coast Guard fleet that was on a resupply mission to Filipino troops stationed on the BRP Sierra Madre within the Ayungin Shoal within the West Philippine Sea.
Several international locations — led by the United States, Australia, Japan, and Canada — expressed help for Manila and criticized China’s actions, the most recent within the string of a number of reported incidents of harassment in opposition to Philippine vessels this 12 months. —KG, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
