๐๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ asserting that its research vessels are conducting scientific missions in โwaters of the South China Sea under Chinese jurisdiction.”
๐๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ pointed out that ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ 2016 ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐, which invalidated Chinaโs โnine-dash lineโ and its assertion of historic rights. The ruling affirmed that areas within the Philippinesโ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) fall under Philippine jurisdiction.
It can be recalled that the PCG reported the deployment of aircraft and vessels to challenge four Chinese research vessels that were spotted ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐, which is ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐.
