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MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines and China agreed on Tuesday to "de-escalate tensions" over the West Philippine Sea, Manila said, following a violent clash in the disputed waters last month.
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines issued a note verbale in response to its latest act of aggression against Filipino forces in the West Philippine Sea.
MANILA, Philippines — Acting Foreign Affairs Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro highlighted the primacy of diplomacy in resolving the issue with China, as Philippine officials are set to meet their Chinese counterparts for the next round of the Bilateral Consultative Mechanism on the South China Sea.
THE Philippine government will continue to explore all diplomatic avenues to resolve its territorial row with China over the West Philippine Sea (WPS), the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Monday.
MANILA, Philippines — It was neither a “misunderstanding” nor an “accident,” with Filipinos forced to use their bare hands to fend off Chinese coast guard personnel who boarded their boats and resorted to “illegal use of force” to stop them from completing a resupply mission to the BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal, officials said yesterday.
MANILA: China warned the Philippines on Monday to behave cautiously and seek dialogue, saying their relations were at a "crossroads" as new confrontations between their coastguards over maritime claims deepened tensions. It was the second such warning by the Chinese foreign ministry in three months as the two countries openly sparred over territorial claims in the Spratly Islands, a mostly uninhabited archipelago in the South China Sea.
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has summoned Beijing’s charge d’affaires in Manila to protest the Chinese coast guard’s “aggressive actions” over the weekend around Ayungin Shoal, which left four Filipino soldiers injured and a supply vessel severely damaged.