Published April 1, 2021, 12:01 PM
Read his lips.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Thursday, April 1, said the Philippines’ ownership of maritime features in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) was “ours” even China built massive structures in the area.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr.
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In a Twitter post, Locsin asserted the island part of the WPS where there are massive China-built structures, is within the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
“Within our EEZ so it’s ours. The durability and vintage of the structures don’t matter. Ours,” he said.
The country’s top diplomat was responding to a question of a Twitter user who asked about China’s massive structures being built in the West Philippines Sea.
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