PH Stands by International Law in the West Philippine Sea Issue

The ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐’๐ž๐š ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ, while China asserts historical rights through its nine- or ten-dash line. According to ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐€๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐‰๐š๐ฒ ๐“๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐š, ๐Ÿ๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž.

Rear Admiral Tarriela stressed that the ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐š๐๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐š๐ซ๐›๐ข๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐š, where he added that ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ž๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐›๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐, noting that repeatedly arguing claims already settled by the tribunal may prevent both sides from reaching a common understanding.

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