MANILA: The US, Australia, Japan and the Philippines will maintain joint naval and air operations within the disputed South China Sea on Sunday, their defence chiefs stated in a press release, as they search to counter China’s rising assertiveness within the area.”Demonstrating our collective commitment to strengthen regional and international cooperation in support of a […]
MANILA: The Philippines just isn’t searching for a battle or bother within the South China Sea however is not going to be cowed into silence, submission, or subservience, its defence ministry stated Friday, in its newest present of defiance in a heated row with China. Latest Chinese language statements present their isolation from the remainder […]
NEW DELHI: Phillippines has summoned Chinese language envoy to protest in opposition to Beijing’s “aggressive actions” within the South China Sea, a transfer which may escalate the strain additional amid a succession of flare-ups previously yr.Manila’s motion comes after the defence minister dared China to stake their sovereignty claims by taking it to worldwide arbitration.The […]
MANILA: The Philippines defence minister on Monday dared China to take its claims of sovereignty within the South China Sea to worldwide arbitration following one other standoff on the weekend, however mentioned Manila wouldn’t budge on its place. The Philippines accused China’s coastguard of utilizing water cannon towards a civilian boat supplying troops stationed on […]
MANILA: The Philippines stated the China Coast Guard blocked a Filipino provide vessel and broken it with water cannon Saturday morning close to a reef off the Southeast Asian nation.The Philippine navy stated the practically hour-long assault occurred off Second Thomas Shoal within the contested South China Sea, the place Chinese language ships have unleashed […]
MANILA: US secretary of state Antony Blinken underscored Washington’s “ironclad commitment” on Tuesday to assist defend the Philippines in case of an armed assault towards its forces after clashes between Chinese language and Filipino coast guards within the disputed South China Sea not too long ago turned extra hostile. Blinken, the most recent high-level official […]
BEIJING: China stated Tuesday the US had “no right” to intrude within the South China Sea, after Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated Washington stood by its commitments to defend the Philippines in opposition to armed assault within the disputed waterway.”The United States is not a party to the South China Sea issue and has […]
BEIJING: China introduced Tuesday it might increase its defence spending in 2024, as hostility over Taiwan and within the South China Sea grows.The 7.2 per cent improve, similar to final yr’s determine, was introduced firstly of the annual assembly of the nation’s rubber-stamp parliament, the Nationwide Individuals’s Congress (NPC).China will spend 1.665 trillion yuan ($231.4 […]
MANILA: The Philippine Coast Guard stated one among its ships was broken Tuesday in a collision with a China Coast Guard vessel throughout a resupply mission to Filipino troops on a distant outpost within the South China Sea.It’s the newest incident in waters round Second Thomas Shoal within the Spratly Islands the place the international […]
MELBOURNE: Philippine international minister Enrique Manalo urged regional neighbours on Monday to face collectively extra strongly in upholding the rule of legislation within the South China Sea, the place China is forcefully pursuing territorial claims in battle with different nations. Manalo spoke at a discussion board on maritime cooperation on the sidelines of a Southeast […]
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