๐๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ that China has โ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒโ over ๐๐๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ฅ๐จ๐, arguing that geography, international law, and historical practice support the Philippinesโ position.
He noted that the ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ 120 ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌโ 200-๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ-๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐, adding that calling it by another name does not alter its location.
He also cited the 2016 ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, which found that ๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐โ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐-๐๐๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ and that Chinese government vessels unlawfully prevented Filipino fishermen from accessing the shoal.
