The Philippines would continue to defend its territorial integrity, sovereign rights, and jurisdiction in the West Philippine Sea after Beijing warned it would crush any foreign incursion into its territory in the South China Sea.
National Security Council Assistant Director General and spokesperson Jonathan Malaya says, the Philippines government’s position in the South China Sea is consistent with the national interest, international law, particularly the Unclos, and the 2016 arbitral ruling. As a sovereign nation, the Philippines will resolutely defend its territorial integrity, sovereign rights and jurisdiction, Malaya says.
A report by the Agence France-Presse says Chinese Army Lt. Gen. He Lei said, that if the U.S. moves its pawns behind the scenes, if it pushes countries to the front line, or if the US itself ends up on the front line then we, in the Chinese People Liberation Army, will never have any patience.
As a response, Philippines top Security official says, The Philippines do not feel alluded to. The Philippines is not and will never be a pawn of the United States.
As proposed, the United State could come to aid the Philippines a key Pacific ally, as China targets its ships in the contested waters in the West Philippine Sea. The U.S. military, is open to consultations about escorting Philippine ships in the disputed South China Sea, the head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, amid a spike in hostilities between Beijing and Manila in the disputed waters.
China will crush any foreign incursion into its sovereign territory including in the South China Sea, a senior Beijing military official said Thursday on the sidelines of a defense forum. Washington and Beijing have verbally sparred over China's increasingly assertive approach in disputed maritime regions, including the South China Sea.
In recent months, Chinese vessels have engaged in a series of high-profile confrontations with Philippine ships in the waters, which Beijing claims almost in their entirety despite an international court ruling that its assertion has no legal basis.
Speaking to a small group of journalists at the Xiangshan forum, Chinese army Lt. Gen. He Lei said: We hope that the South China Sea will remain a sea of peace. But, he said, if the United States moves its pawns behind the scenes, if it pushes countries to the front line, or if the United States itself ends up on the front line, then we in the Chinese People's Liberation Army, will never have any patience.
The Chinese People's Liberation Army will resolutely crush any foreign hostile encroachment on China's territorial, sovereign and maritime rights and interests with firm determination, staunch will, strong capability and effective means, according to Chinese army Lt. Gen. He Lei.
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