“China’s gunboat diplomacy in the South China Sea is the source of tension in the region, and it must stop”
Marcos has made it clear since he took office in mid-2022 the Philippines will not give up one inch of its territory even as Chinese aggression in the West Philippine Sea steadily increased since he assumed the presidency in 2022. The Marcos Jr. administration has in fact begun to craft a “proportionate, deliberate and reasonable” response to the “unabated, illegal, coercive, aggressive and dangerous attacks” by the China Coast Guard and the Chinese Maritime Militia in the West Philippine Sea.
The agency also slammed Beijing’s “illegal and uncivilized activities” in the South China Sea, and the “inability of the Chinese government to conduct open, transparent, and legal negotiations…Their repertoire consists only of patronizing and, failing that, intimidating smaller countries.” We recall the Philippines and China created a Bilateral Consultation Mechanism in 2016 to discuss issues and concerns related to the South China Sea.But little, it would seem, has been achieved by discussions and negotiations by officials of the Foreign Ministries of our two countries on bilateral issues concerning territorial and maritime disputes in the South China Sea.
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