Bongbong Marcos, Chinese language envoy focus on sea rift after laser beam assault

China Coast Guard Vessel No. 5205 is proven directing a laser beam on the BRP Malapascua within the West Philippine Sea on this picture taken on Feb. 6, 2023. (Photograph from the Philippine Coast Guard) 

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Chinese language Ambassador Huang Xilian met to strategize on Tuesday on how greatest to settle the maritime disputes between the 2 nations.

The high-level assembly between the 2 officers was held as a response to an incident through which a China Coast Guard ship fired a laser beam at a Philippine Coast Guard vessel close to the Ayungin Shoal within the West Philippine Sea, inflicting non permanent imaginative and prescient impairment to among the PCG crew.

The Chinese language Embassy in Manila issued a press release saying, “Each events mentioned learn how to actualize the consensus fashioned by the 2 heads of state, enhance dialogue and communication, and thoughtfully handle maritime variations between China and the Philippines.”

Marcos summoned Huang to air his “severe concern” over the actions of China in opposition to the PCG and Filipino fishermen within the West Philippine Sea.

The Philippines has filed a diplomatic protest following the Ayungin Shoal incident.

China, nevertheless, asserted that the Philippines intruded into Chinese language territory (Ren’ai Reef), and therefore took motion.

The Philippines has sovereign rights within the West Philippine Sea, based mostly on the Everlasting Courtroom of Arbitration’s 2016 ruling.
China, nevertheless, refuses to acknowledge the court docket’s verdict.

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