UPDATED. The Department of Foreign Affairs says resupply missions and repairs of the grounded wartime ship in Ayungin Shoal 'are part of regular operations in line with domestic and international law.'
MANILA, Philippines – There’s no debate over the Philippine missions to Ayungin Shoal, Manila reminded Beijing on Tuesday, August 8, after the Asian superpower claimed “illegal” actions in the South China Sea.
against Philippine vessels en route to Ayungin Shoal to bring supplies for soldiers stationed in the BRP Sierra Madre on August 5. That decision quashed the Asian superpower’s overarching claim almost of the South China Sea. Other countries in the region are contesting China’s claim in the vast waterway.
China accused the US of “inciting and supporting the Philippines attempts to repair and reinforce” the BRP Sierra Madre. The Philippines has, as the DFA confirmed, been repairing the ship. It was not the first time the Chinese coast guard has directed a water cannon at a Manila boat, having done the same in November 2021.
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