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08-03-2024, 09:47 AM
"Our operations in the WPS will continue, along with our patrols and along with the exercise of our sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction," Vice Admiral Alberto Carlos said in Filipino, saying that the troops were "undeterred" and would not yield.
Philippine Navy Commodore Roy Trinidad also said Filipino forces will not allow any structure to be erected in another hotly contested South China Sea area, Scarborough Shoal. China surrounded the vast fishing atoll northwest of the Philippines with coast guard and suspected militia ships in 2012 after a tense standoff between Chinese and Philippine ships.
"These are red lines for the Philippines, to the armed forces," Trinidad said at a news conference when asked what Chinese actions would be unacceptable to the Philippines in the disputed waters.
They were on the way to deliver supplies and replacement navy and marine personnel to the BRP Sierra Madre, a navy warship that was deliberately grounded by the Philippine military in the late 1990s in the shallows of Ayungin Shoal to serve as a territorial outpost.
https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/03/08/n...ns/1935841
Philippine Navy Commodore Roy Trinidad also said Filipino forces will not allow any structure to be erected in another hotly contested South China Sea area, Scarborough Shoal. China surrounded the vast fishing atoll northwest of the Philippines with coast guard and suspected militia ships in 2012 after a tense standoff between Chinese and Philippine ships.
"These are red lines for the Philippines, to the armed forces," Trinidad said at a news conference when asked what Chinese actions would be unacceptable to the Philippines in the disputed waters.
They were on the way to deliver supplies and replacement navy and marine personnel to the BRP Sierra Madre, a navy warship that was deliberately grounded by the Philippine military in the late 1990s in the shallows of Ayungin Shoal to serve as a territorial outpost.
https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/03/08/n...ns/1935841
