Locsin rejects PH Coast Guard plan to have own attaché in Beijing

MANILA - Foreign Sec. Teodoro Locsin Jr.

on Tuesday rejected the Philippine Coast Guard's plan to have its own attaché at the Philippine Embassy in Beijing

“PH Coast Guard wants own attaché in Beijing Embassy. Flat NO. We have a Defense attaché for national defense issues. A separate Coast Guard attaché means we concede exclusive sovereignty over our coastal waters so they are now subject to discussion instead of automatic protest,” the secretary tweeted.

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