US backs Philippines' call vs. aggressive Chinese acts in West Philippine Sea

A Philippine flag flutters from BRP Sierra Madre, a dilapidated Philippine Navy ship that has been aground since 1999 and became a Philippine military detachment on the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, part of the Spratly Islands, in the South China Sea March 29, 2014. The US has backed the Philippines' protests against Chinese provocative actions in the West Philippine Sea.

"We share the Philippines’ concerns regarding the PRC’s provocative actions interfering with Philippine sovereign rights within the Philippine exclusive economic zone near Second Thomas Shoal and massing vessels near Whitsun Reef," US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a statement on June 17. PRC stands for People's Republic of China.

A Philippine Naval vessel – the BRP Sierra Madre – has been grounded at Ayungin Shoal since 1999. The ship manned by more than a dozen Marines and sailors has become a symbol of Philippine sovereignty in the offshore territory. It is 105.77 nautical miles from the nearest Philippine province of Palawan and constitutes part of the country’s 200-nautical mile continental shelf as provided under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

China, which considers nearly 90% of the South China Sea, including areas within the West Philippine Sea, as part of its territory, has denied any wrongdoing.

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