CHINA has accused the United States (US) of rallying its allies to sensationalize the South China Sea (SCS) row as it expressed hope that Manila meets Beijing 'halfway' to resolve their maritime dispute peacefully.
Through its embassy in Manila, China on Tuesday said the SCS is not a 'hunting ground for countries outside the region to meddle with, sow discord and provoke conflicts.'Australia, Canada, Japan, France, Germany, New Zealand, South Korea, United Kingdom, and the US have expressed concern over the Aug. 5 water bombing by the China Coast Guard of Philippine vessels on a resupply mission to BRP Sierra Madre in the Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea .
Then acting DFA secretary Franklin Ebdalin responded that the Philippines had no intention to construct facilities on Ren'ai Jiao and that, as a signatory to the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea , the Philippines had 'no desire to and would not be the first to violate the Declaration,' the embassy said.'But the Philippines did not fulfill its undertaking to tow away that vessel. Instead, it made even worse provocations,' it pointed out.
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