In a statement on Sunday, DND Secretary Gilbert Teodoro said that the DND was never a party to any deal struck between the Chinese embassy and the Philippine government that justifies the illegal presence of Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea.
Gilberto"Gibo" Teodoro Jr. holds his first press briefing as the newly appointed secretary of the Department of National Defense in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City on June 07, 2023. MANILA, Philippines — The Department of National Defense has denied greenlighting a supposed "new model" between the Philippines and China as claimed by the Chinese Embassy on Saturday, describing the embassy's statements as a "charade" that "must stop.
This comes after the Chinese Embassy claimed on Saturday that Beijing and Manila have come to a "consensus... to deescalate tensions in the South China Sea" through a new model approved by the Western Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Rebuffing China, Teodoro said that he had barred all contact between teh DND and the Chinese Embassy since the courtesy call of Ambassador Huang Xilian since July 2023.
Año added that the "timing" of the Chinese Embassy's claim of a "new model" is meant to distrct from the "bigger story of the piling of dead corral ruble in Pag-Asa Cays 1,2,3." China's island-building activities, which the Philippines has protested repeatedly, were mentioned as a possible cause, with "some degree of uncertainty."
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