A Chinese airstrip under construction on reclaimed land on Fiery Cross Reef
The best way for China to prove it has, indeed, ended all reclamation activity in the South China Sea would be “the pullout of all equipment” in the disputed territory, the Department of National Defense said Thursday.
Sought for his reaction to the announcement made by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to counterparts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations at a security forum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia the day before , DND spokesman Peter Paul Galvez said: “The best proof would be the pullout of all equipment as a clear and unequivocal manifestation of that announcement.”
Notwithstanding Wang’s announcement, an ASEAN diplomatic source told Agence France-Presse that the Chinese official said construction on the islands built from reclaimed land would continue.
Galvez also said despite Wang’s announcement, “a stop in the reclamation doesn't change the fact that they have violated the agreement among states, disrespected nations in the area and violated our maritime rights placing the region in crisis.”
“Furthermore,” he added, “the region would be glad to see a genuine proof of sincerity.”
However, he declined to comment if the military had sent reconnaissance flights to verify Wang’s claim, saying that was an “operational” matter he could not comment on.
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/115574/proof-of-the-pudding--pull-out-all-equipment-to-prove-reclamation-has-stopped---dnd-to-china
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