Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos summoned Beijing's ambassador on Tuesday to express 'serious concern' after a Chinese security vessel was accused of using a military-grade laser light against a Philippine patrol boat.
Ferdinand Marcos Jr, president of the Philippines, summoned China's ambassador on Tuesday.
Marcos confronted Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian on Tuesday"over the increasing frequency and intensity of actions by China against Philippine Coast Guard and our Filipino fishermen", spokeswoman Cheloy Velicaria-Garafil said. It is the latest in a series of maritime incidents between the Philippines and China, which claims sovereignty over almost the entire South China Sea and has ignored an international court ruling that its claims have no legal basis.
Days before the latest incident, the United States and the Philippines agreed to resume joint patrols in the sea, and struck a deal to give US troops access to another four military bases in the Southeast Asian country. The Chinese boat also issued illegal radio challenges and undertook dangerous manoeuvres, which"constituted a threat to Philippine sovereignty and security as a state", the Philippine foreign ministry said.These acts of aggression by China are disturbing and disappointing as it closely follows the state visit to China of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
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