Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on the 18th that the Philippines would not lose an inch of territory.
The Philippines has a territorial dispute with China in the South China Sea.
The Southeast Asian nation of the Philippines this week protested China’s “aggressive actions” that sparked a long-standing territorial dispute in the South China Sea.
“The Philippines is seeing rising geopolitical tensions that do not live up to our ideals of peace and threaten national, regional and global security and stability,” Marcos said in a speech at the veterans’ event.
“The Philippines will not lose an inch of its territory and will continue to defend its territorial integrity and sovereignty in accordance with our Constitution and international law,” he said. emphasized.
The Chinese embassy in Manila, Philippines, did not respond to a request for comment. Earlier, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs argued that its coast guard acted in accordance with the law.
On Friday, President Marcos summoned Chinese representatives to express “serious concern” about China’s increasing frequency and intensity of its actions targeting the Philippine Coast Guard and Filipino fishermen in the South China Sea.
In addition, the Philippine Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported to China through diplomatic channels on the 14th after the Coast Guard reported that the Chinese Coast Guard fired a military-grade laser at one of the vessels assisting the resupply of its forces, temporarily blinding a crewman on the bridge. I protested.
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*This article was sourced from Reuters.
