The Palace said on Tuesday the Department of National
Defense is monitoring China 's
latest activity in the West Philippine Sea .
"Mino-monitor po ng ating Department of National
Defense ang mga pangyayaring ‘yan at patuloy pa rin naman tayo sa ating advocacy
na dapat ay walang mga kilos na ganyan," Presidential Communications
Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said during the daily press
briefing in Malacañang.
"Dapat panatilihin ang status quo habang tinatalakay pa
sa ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) ang Code of Conduct of
parties involved in the maritime entitlement claims sa South China Sea o West
Philippine Sea," he added.
Secretary Coloma maintained that China
"Mayroon pong mataas na kamalayan ang daigdig hinggil
dito. Pati ang ibang mga stakeholder countries sa Southeast Asia at East Asia ay nagpahayag na rin ng kanilang pagkabahala sa
mga ginagawang aksyon na ‘yan at hindi naman po tayo nag-iisa doon sa panawagan
na dapat itigil ang mga gawaing ito," he said.
According to news reports, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi
has said that China was
undertaking "necessary" construction at the South
China Sea that was not aimed at any third party.
"We are not like some countries which have carried out
'illegal building' in other people's home, and we won't accept unwarranted
remarks about work on our own home," he said.
On March 30 last year, the Philippines
filed a memorial at the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)
against China
The Philippines ,
China , Vietnam , Malaysia ,
Brunei and Taiwan are laying claim to parts of the
potentially resource-rich West Philippine Sea .
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