The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs says it does not recognize names given to maritime features in the Kalayaan Island Group as well as China’s declaration the area is under the jurisdiction of Sansha City.
in the South China Sea, some of which were submerged in water. The move was viewed as a violation of international law and aggravated tensions in the volatile region.earlier protest
The DFA on Thursday reiterated the Philippines has protested since 2012, China’s “unlawful establishment of Sansha City,” as well as its jurisdiction that encompassed Philippine territory and maritime zones in the West Philippine Sea. Part of China’s naming of new districting included designating Kagitingan Reef in the KIG as the administrative center of the “Nansha district”
“The establishment and supposed extent of jurisdiction of 'Sansha City' of which the new two districts are part, violate Philippine territorial sovereignty over the Kalayaan Island Group and Bajo de Masinloc, and infringes on Philippine sovereign rights over the waters and continental shelf in the West Philippine Sea,” it added.
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