PH Rejects Chinaโ€™s Claim on Removal of BRP Sierra Madre from Ayungin Shoal

The ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ firmly rejects China’s claim in the latest statement of the Embassy of the Peopleโ€™s Republic of China regarding the removal of the ๐๐‘๐ ๐’๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐š ๐Œ๐š๐๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐€๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐ก๐จ๐š๐ฅ.

In a statement, the ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐€๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ (๐ƒ๐…๐€) said that there is ๐ง๐จ ๐š๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ between the Philippines and China obligating the Philippines to ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐‘๐ ๐’๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐š ๐Œ๐š๐๐ซ๐ž, a commissioned Philippine naval vessel permanently stationed in Ayungin Shoal.

The Department also reaffirmed that the Shoal is within the ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ’ ๐ž๐ฑ๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐ณ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ, in accordance with the ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ฐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ž๐š (๐”๐๐‚๐‹๐Ž๐’) as upheld by the 2016 ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ง๐š ๐’๐ž๐š ๐€๐ซ๐›๐ข๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐.

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