The Philippines has protested China's violation of its sovereignty

The Foreign Affairs Department of the Philippines has protested China's unilateral ban on fishing in the South China Sea, violating the Philippines' sovereignty.
According to Voice of America, the Foreign Affairs Department of the Philippines protested China's unilateral suspension of fishing in the South China Sea for four months every year on May 27 and criticized China for escalating tensions in the South China Sea, which illegally violates the sovereignty and interests of the Philippines. calling for a halt to their actions.
It is reported that since 1999, China has implemented the so-called "summer fishing moratorium" in the South China Sea every year, which usually lasts from May 1 to the end of August or mid-September. But the Philippines has always opposed China's restrictions.
According to Reuters, the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines appealed the fishing ban order through the foreign affairs procedure and said that the scope of the fishing suspension includes Philippine territory.
"The unilateral implementation of the fishing ban is fueling tensions in the West Philippine Sea and the South China Sea," the Foreign Affairs Department of the Philippines said in a statement.
It is reported that the Chinese Embassy in Manila did not give any explanation about this. According to the official news agency of the Philippines on Monday, the statement of the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines also said that China's ban on fishing violates the understanding put forward by President Marcos and Xi Jinping through diplomatic dialogue to reduce conflicts in the sea.
It turns out that the Foreign Affairs Department of the Philippines also quoted Article 716 of the decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague in 2016 on the South Sea issue submitted by the Philippines: "The scope of China's fishing ban in the South Sea includes the economic zone of the Philippines." It is an illegal act that the ban only covers fishing vessels flying the Chinese flag.

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28/05/2024
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