24.02.2021, 22:09
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Zitat:Philippine military unmoved by China’s new law allowing coast guard to fire weapons at foreign vessels
he military remains resolute in protecting the country’s maritime domain.
Maj. Gen. Edgard Arevalo, spokesperson for the Armed Forces of the Philippines, gave the assurance on Saturday that the military is unmoved by China’s new law that authorizes its coast guard to fire weapons at foreign vessels intruding in its territory.
This was despite the US Department of State expression of alarm on Saturday over the Chinese law. Ned Price, spokesperson for the US state department, had said the United States was concerned that “China may invoke this new law to assert its unlawful maritime claims in the South China Sea, which were thoroughly repudiated by the 2016 arbitral tribunal ruling.”
In a statement, Arevalo said, “We will pursue our constitutional mandate and consistently assert our sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).”