WASHINGTON —President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. mentioned he doesn’t really feel alluded to with the most recent comment of China opposing any meddling within the South China Sea.
Marcos mentioned the assertion appears to be directed to the United States.
“Well, I do not think as representing as a Filipino and representing the Philippines, I don’t feel alluded to. How can we — how can anyone say that we are not party and interest in all of these issues?” Marcos advised reporters.
“So I think that kind of statement was directed more towards the United States than it was for the Philippines,” he added.
The Philippines and the US had established the bilateral protection pointers between the 2 international locations to modernize the alliance cooperation “for a free and open Indo-Pacific region.”
The pointers “reaffirmed that an armed attack in the Pacific, including anywhere in the South China Sea, on either of their aircraft or armed forces – which includes their Coast Guards – would invoke mutual defense commitments under the 1951 PH-US Mutual Defense Treaty.”
Further, the Philippines and the US will develop cooperation on maritime safety by way of however not restricted to joint patrols.
Amid this newest improvement between Manila and Washington’s protection ties, China expressed opposition to what it referred to as meddling within the South China Sea to hurt its territorial sovereignty and maritime rights.
China additionally mentioned the area shouldn’t be used as a “hunting ground.”
China has continued its actions and aggression within the resource-rich area regardless of an arbitral ruling which invalidated its large declare within the space.—LDF, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
