RADM Tarriela Slams China’s ‘Intrusion’ Claim Over Bajo de Masinloc

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Philippine Coast Guard Spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea, 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ซ๐ž๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ง๐š’๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐ก๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐๐š๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ฅ๐จ๐œ, arguing that the shoal lies within the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines as confirmed by the 2016 Arbitral Award.

He added that the ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, saying that such a statement only makes sense under an unrealistic situation where China’s territorial limits reached into Southeast Asia.

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