The Philippines will continue resupply missions to soldiers stationed in a grounded warship off Second Thomas (Ayungin) Shoal in the South China Sea, a top security official said Wednesday.
The Philippines will continue resupply missions to soldiers stationed in a grounded warship off Ayungin Shoal in the South China Sea and China's attempts to foil them will be met with a response, a top security official said on Wednesday.Jonathan Malaya, spokesperson of the National Security Council, said the Philippines remains committed to keep the BRP Sierra Madre which it deliberately grounded in 1999 to bolster its maritime claims to the disputed waters.
The disputed shoal in the South China Sea has been a flashpoint of recent maritime run-ins between Manila and Beijing, including the Chinese coast guard's use of water cannons that have injured Filipino soldiers.China insists that the shoal, which it calls Ren'ai Reef, is part of China's Nansha Islands or what the Philippines refers to as Spratly Islands.
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