President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Friday stated the Philippines would reply to China’s publication of its new official “standard” map exhibiting prolonged claims within the South China Sea (SCS).
Marcos, nevertheless, didn’t specify how the Philippine authorities would act on this latest act by the Asian Superpower.
“We received the news that now the nine-dash line has been extended to the ten-dash line so these are… we have to respond to all of these and we will. But again, these are operational details that I would prefer not to talk about,” Marcos instructed reporters in Palawan.
“We have stayed true to rules-based international law especially the UNCLOS and that I think puts us in a solid ground in terms of our claims for territorial sovereignty, for maritime territory,” Marcos added.
The Philippines, by means of the Department of Foreign Affairs, rejected Beijing’s publication of a brand new map that locations practically your complete South China Sea inside its nationwide boundaries.
This map infringes Manila’s claims within the resource-rich waters.
In an announcement, the DFA stated the 2023 version map is China’s newest try “to legitimize purported sovereignty and jurisdiction over Philippine features and maritime zones has no basis under international law, particularly the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).” — RSJ, GMA Integrated News
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