Manila: Chinese coastal ships were blocked and used water cannons on two Philippine supply ships which headed to the disputed Shoal by the Philippine Marines in the South China Sea, provoking anger protest to China and warnings from the Philippine government discussed by the ships.
The reciprocal defense agreement with the United States, said Top Manila diplomat on Thursday.
Foreign Minister Philippine Teodoro Locsin Jr.
said no one was injured in the incident in disputed waters on Tuesday, but two supply ships had to cancel their mission to provide food supplies to the Philippine forces who occupy the second Thomas Shoal, located outside Palawan Barat Province in an exclusive exclusive economic zone recognized International Philippines.
Locsin said in a tweet that the three actions of Chinese coast guards were illegal and he asked them “to heed and backward.” The Philippine government has delivered to China “our anger, punishment and protest from the incident,” said Locsin, added that “this failure to carry out restraints threatened a special relationship between the Philippines and China” President Rodrigo Duterte and his colleagues China, XI Jinping, have worked hard to maintain.
There are no comments directly from Chinese officials in Manila or Beijing.
This incident is the latest flare-up in a territorial dispute that is very boiling in strategic waterways, where China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan have overlapping claims.
China claims almost all waterways and has changed the seven disputed shoals into a missile protected island base to strengthen its claim, increasing the strain and the plaintiff of alarming rivals and the West Government led by US Washington has no claims in busy waterways but has been patrolized The area was with naval ships and aircraft to convince its allies, including the Philippines, and ensure freedom of navigation and overflights.
China has repeatedly warned A.S.
To stay away from disputed waters and not interfere in what he said is a regional problem.
President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump has repeatedly convinced the Philippines that A.S.
It will respect its obligations under the reciprocal defense agreement of the two countries if the Philippine forces, ships or aircraft are attacked in a long debatable area.