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China Files Complaint With Philippines Over South China Sea Collision - Reports
China Files Complaint With Philippines Over South China Sea Collision - Reports
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China lodged a complaint with the Philippine Foreign Ministry after their vessels collided in the disputed waters of the South China Sea over the weekend, expressing Beijing's strong dissatisfaction over the incident, the Kyodo news agency reported on Monday.
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On Sunday, the China Coast Guard said that four Philippine ships had entered the waters of the disputed Nansha Islands, also known as Spratly Islands, in the South China Sea "without permission of Chinese authorities." The incident led to a light collision between a Chinese and Philippine vessels. According to the media, the Chinese Foreign Ministry stated that the Philippines should stop "stirring up trouble" and "making dangerous moves" through maritime "provocations." Meanwhile, US Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Ely Ratner accused China of "further dangerous operational behavior," while expressing Washington's support for Manila over the incident. The territorial affiliation of a number of islands in the South China Sea has been the subject of disputes between China and several other Asia-Pacific countries for decades. Significant oil and gas reserves have been discovered on the continental shelf of those islands, including the Paracel Islands, the Spratly Islands, Thitu Island, and Scarborough Shoal. Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan, and the Philippines are involved in the disputes to some extent.
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China Files Complaint With Philippines Over South China Sea Collision - Reports
12:22 GMT 23.10.2023 (Updated: 12:25 GMT 23.10.2023) MOSCOW (Sputnik) - China lodged a complaint with the Philippine Foreign Ministry after their vessels collided in the disputed waters of the South China Sea over the weekend, expressing Beijing's strong dissatisfaction over the incident, a japanese news agency reported on Monday.
On Sunday, the
China Coast Guard said that four Philippine ships had entered the waters of the disputed Nansha Islands, also known as Spratly Islands, in the South China Sea "without permission of Chinese authorities." The incident led to a light collision between a
Chinese and Philippine vessels.
According to the media, the Chinese Foreign Ministry stated that the Philippines should stop "stirring up trouble" and "making dangerous moves" through maritime "provocations."
8 October 2023, 16:54 GMT
Meanwhile, US Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Ely Ratner accused China of "further dangerous operational behavior," while expressing Washington's support for Manila over the incident.
"We continue to stand with the Philippines, and our commitment to the US-Philippines Alliance is ironclad," Ratner wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.
The
territorial affiliation of a number of islands in the South China Sea has been the subject of disputes between China and several other Asia-Pacific countries for decades. Significant oil and gas reserves have been discovered on the continental shelf of those islands, including the Paracel Islands, the Spratly Islands, Thitu Island, and Scarborough Shoal. Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan, and the Philippines are involved in the disputes to some extent.
