Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. chided China on Saturday over its “propaganda lines” accusing the Philippines and the BRP Sierra
“The statement of China that the grounded Sierra Madre is causing irrevocable harm is to put it as politely as possible, hypocritical,” Teodoro Jr. said in a statement.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo, US State Secretary Antony Blinken, and Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko convened the second trilateral ministerial meeting among the three states on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 23. The Philippines’ economic cooperation with the United States must keep pace with steadily growing defense relations, the country’s top diplomat said.
Teodoro pointed out that the Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration in its 2016 ruling found China to be a “violator of international law” when its reclamation operation in the area damaged the marine environment. Teodoro warned Beijing that “disingenuous propaganda lines” would imply its “insincerity and will only heighten the mistrust by the Filipino people and the rest of the world of the Chinese government.”
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