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Published March 20, 2024
China said the United States must refrain from “stirring up trouble” or taking sides on the South China Sea issue, after Secretary of State Antony Blinken said a security deal with the Manila extended to attacks on the Philippine coast guard.
Blinken called the U.S. security commitment with the Philippines “ironclad,” and said China’s actions in the South China Sea had triggered a wider international reaction.
The Chinese embassy in Philippines said in a statement on Wednesday that Chinese activities in the South China Sea were “legitimate and lawful,” adding that Blinken’s remarks “ignore the facts, baselessly accuse China.”
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- ‘We are trying to keep things on an even keel,’ the president said, but ‘since the threat has grown, we must do more to defend our territory’
- In an interview, Marcos denied instigating ‘any kind of conflict’, adding that he hopes ‘the time never comes’ that he has to invoke US mutual defence
A Philippine resupply vessel is hit by water cannons from a Chinese coastguard ship on March 5 in this photo provided by the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Photo: Armed Forces of the Philippines/ via AP
Published March 20, 2024
“We are trying to keep things on an even keel,” Marcos said on Tuesday in an interview at the presidential palace in Manila. The challenge, he added, is that “since the threat has grown, we must do more to defend our territory”.
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RELATED: China Tells US to Not Take Sides on South China Sea Issue
Published March 20, 2024
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said the United States must refrain from “stirring up trouble” or taking sides on the South China Sea issue, after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said a security deal with the Manila extended to attacks on the Philippine coast guard.
Blinken called the U.S. security commitment with the Philippines “ironclad”, and said China’s actions in the South China Sea had triggered a wider international reaction.
The Chinese embassy in Philippines said in a statement on Wednesday that Chinese activities in the South China Sea were “legitimate and lawful”, adding that Blinken’s remarks “ignore the facts, baselessly accuse China”.
