Manila: Manila summoned Beijing's ambassador on Monday over two collisions between Philippine and Chinese vessels in the disputed South China Sea, a foreign ministry official said.
'We're making full use of diplomatic processes... available to us. That includes summoning the Chinese ambassador, which we did this morning,' foreign ministry spokeswoman Teresita Daza told reporters.China's embassy in Manila also said Monday it had lodged a complaint with the Philippines, after two collisions between Philippine and Chinese vessels in the disputed South China Sea.A Chinese diplomat met with a Philippine official Monday and 'made solemn representations...
The two collisions happened during a routine Philippine resupply mission to Filipino troops stationed on a crumbling navy vessel grounded on the shoal to assert Manila's territorial claims.A Philippine government task force said Sunday the 'dangerous blocking maneuvers of China Coast Guard vessel 5203 caused it to collide with the Armed Forces of the Philippines-contracted indigenous resupply boat' about 25 kilometers from the shoal.
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