Duterte urged to take back China s war narrative in asserting rights in West Philippine Sea, raise the matter to UN
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 20) There are a number of options available, and war is never one of them.
This is how former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario, lawmakers and maritime experts see the recent pronouncements of President Rodrigo Duterte saying that only war or bloodshed can take back the West Philippine Sea from China. You know the cost of war and if we go there and really to find out and assert jurisdiction, it will be bloody, it will result violence that we cannot maybe win, Duterte said in his public briefing on Monday.
Former Foreign Affairs secretary Albert del Rosario is urging President Rodrigo Duterte to reject China's "narrative of war" in connection with the continuing dispute involving parts of the South China Sea.
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(Photos from National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea)
According to the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS), the swarming of the Chinese vessels was “prejudicial to the peace and security” in the region.
“The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) denounces the continuous swarming in the WPS by Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) and Maritime Militia which are claimed by Chinese authorities to be ordinary fishing vessels,” it said in a statement.
“The Philippine government reiterates its demand upon China to withdraw all its vessels from the Municipality of Kalayaan and the Philippine EEZ (exclusive economic zone),” said the task force chaired by National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr.
Published April 14, 2021, 8:50 AM
China continues to allow its vessels to swarm the areas in the South China Sea which are clearly within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Philippines despite repeated protests and calls for recall to ensure peace and stability in the region, the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) revealed Tuesday night, April 13.
SINO SWARM Despite repeated protests from the Philippine government, 240 Chinese vessels are still scattered in the West Philippine Sea as revealed in the latest round of sovereignty patrols on April 11, 2021. (Photos from the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea)