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(Eagle News)–The Armed Forces of the Philippines will take steps to address the reported harassment of Filipino troops in the West Philippine Sea, an official said. AFP spokesperson Col. Medel Aguilar, however, declined to specify those steps, citing operational security. “We will find out how the situation will improve further because it cannot be always this way, that there will be harassment, that there will be blocking of operations, or some kind of blocking or […]
(Eagle News)–The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) has welcomed the ASEAN’s reiteration for peaceful dispute resolution over the South China Sea. In a statement issued by the Presidential Communications Office, National Security Council (NSC) Assistant Director General Jonathan Malaya said President Bongbong Marcos’ “successful engagement (with) our ASEAN partners strengthens our diplomatic efforts in advancing the nation’s interest and maintaining regional peace and security.” Malaya made the statement after Indonesia President […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte confirmed on Tuesday, Aug. 6, that he would go to China to raise the South China Sea dispute. The President made the confirmation before the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. in Malacañang. “Yung arbitral ruling pag-usapan natin ‘yan. That’s why I’m going to China. I’m not going to tell you the agenda. I’m going to China to talk,” Duterte said. He said would also watch the FIBA […]
(Eagle News)–The South China Sea dispute is on the agenda when President Rodrigo Duterte meets Japan Prime Minister Abe Shinzo next week. This is according to Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Meynardo Montealegre, who held a press conference on Friday, May 24. He said the two leaders will meet on the sidelines of the the 25th Nikkei Conference on the Future of Asia on May 31 in Tokyo. According to Montealegre, the President is also expected […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is eyeing sending soldiers to China so they could be trained. Duterte made the pronouncement in a speech before Filipino-Chinese businessmen at the Manila Hotel on Monday. “(I)’m sure there is an academy there to train good professional Chinese soldiers. Maybe China can accommodate them also and let them not really to fight the Americans but terrorism,” Duterte said. Relations between the Philippines and China have warmed since Duterte assumed […]
BEIJING, China (Reuters) – China opposes the use of freedom of overflight as an excuse to harm its security, the country’s foreign ministry said on Friday (July 7), after two United States bombers flew over the disputed South China Sea. The flight by the B-1B Lancer bombers from Guam on Thursday (July 6) came as US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping prepare for a meeting on the sidelines of a G20 summit […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) – The passage of a United States warship close to a disputed island in the South China Sea was a “serious political and military provocation,” Beijing said, one that could further strain relations between the superpowers The destroyer, the USS Stethem, sailed less than 12 nautical miles from tiny Triton Island in the Paracel Islands archipelago, which is claimed by China as well as Taiwan and Vietnam, a US official told AFP. […]
The Philippines and China will open bilateral talks on their dispute over the South China Sea next week, Manila’s ambassador to Beijing said on Saturday. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has sought to deepen relations with China despite their territorial dispute over the waterway, a turnaround from the hardline stance adopted by his predecessor, Benigno Aquino III. “We will inaugurate the bilateral consultative mechanism on issues of particular concern to each side. This is where the sensitive […]
President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to release a chairman’s statement on the South China Sea at the end of the one-day Association of Southeast Asian (ASEAN) leaders meeting on Saturday. But Duterte’s chairman’s statement, which is meant to reflect the views of all ASEAN leaders, will not mention the international tribunal ruling nor China directly, according to a draft obtained by AFP. “We shared the serious concerns expressed by some leaders over recent developments and escalation […]
(Eagle News) — Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Robespierre Bolivar said that many pressing issues are to be discussed in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit and related meetings on Friday and Saturday, including the South China Sea dispute, the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar, the rampant sea kidnappings, and the Abu Sayyaf bandits. These are among the issues that were tackled during the meeting on Thursday, including the work plan for 2017 as well as their […]
by Ayee Macaraig Agence France-Presse MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Manila expects China to try to build on a reef off the coast of the Philippines, the country’s defence secretary said Tuesday, adding this would be “unacceptable” in the flashpoint waterway. In an interview with AFP, Delfin Lorenzana said he believed China would eventually reclaim Scarborough Shoal, just 230 kilometres (143 miles) from the main Philippine island of Luzon. Beijing has already built up a number […]
BOGOR, WEST JAVA PROVINCE, Indonesia (Reuters) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said during his visit to Indonesia on Sunday (January 15) that it was important to solve the South China Sea dispute peacefully. Abe made the comments after meeting Indonesian President Joko Widodo at the presidential palace in Bogor. Abe is in Indonesia on a two-day visit aimed at strengthening maritime security and economic ties. Widodo told a joint news conference with Abe that […]
