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Manila, Philippines—Manila’s resupply missions to troops on a disputed South China Sea atoll will remain purely Philippine operations, the National Security Council reiterated Sunday, after Washington vowed to “do what is necessary” to support them.
“As far as the RORE is concerned, we’re keeping it as a purely Philippine operation utilising Philippine ships, personnel and leadership,” National Security Council spokesman assistant director general Jonathan Malaya told Agence France Presse . “We will continue to support the Philippines and stand behind them as they take steps to be able to ensure that,” Sullivan said during the Aspen Security Forum conference in Colorado.
Beijing claims almost the entirety of the South China Sea, brushing aside competing claims from several Southeast Asian nations including the Philippines and an international ruling that its stance has no legal basis.
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