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THE PHILIPPINES wonât sue China at an international tribunal after it passed a law allowing its coast guard to fire against foreign vessels in the South China Sea, according to its top diplomat.
The country risks reopening a lawsuit that it won against China in 2016, Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr. told the ABS-CBN News Channel on Monday.
âIâm not going back there because the Coast Guard Law has some claims as to the extent of their territory,â he said. âThat will reopen the arbitral award and Iâm not going to give them a chance to do that.â
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Teodoro Locsin Jr, Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary, insisted the Government never gave permission for China’s Jia Geng research ship to stay in Filipino waters. The department had approved a “request for shelter” from the Chinese embassy over “bad weather”.
South China Sea Dispute Heightens After Intrusion Of China Ship In Philippine Waters
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Philippine agencies gave conflicting accounts of the intrusion
The Chinese embassy requested to allow the ship to take wind shelter in Philippine territory
The dispute in the South China Sea continues to heighten following the “intrusion” of a Chinese ship in Philippine waters.
Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Tuesday confirmed that a Chinese research vessel, Jia Geng, entered Philippine waters twice over the past year without authorization.
Locsin said the Philippine government only approved a “request for shelter” from the Chinese embassy. He insisted that the department did not give the vessel permission to remain in Philippine waters.