The ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐๐ฐ, while China asserts historical rights through its nine- or ten-dash line. According to ๐๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐, ๐๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐.
Rear Admiral Tarriela stressed that the ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐, where he added that ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐, noting that repeatedly arguing claims already settled by the tribunal may prevent both sides from reaching a common understanding.