{"id":162611,"date":"2018-05-04T22:53:21","date_gmt":"2018-05-05T02:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=162611"},"modified":"2018-05-04T22:53:21","modified_gmt":"2018-05-05T02:53:21","slug":"palace-concerned-on-chinas-reported-missile-deployment-in-wps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/05\/04\/palace-concerned-on-chinas-reported-missile-deployment-in-wps\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace concerned on China\u2019s reported missile deployment in WPS"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_151339\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-151339\" style=\"width: 1350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/010918a-roque-press-briefing-1350x759.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-151339\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/010918a-roque-press-briefing-1350x759.jpg\" alt=\"FILE: \u201cWe are concerned with the reported China\u2019s missile deployments over the contested areas in the West Philippine Sea,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a press statement. (PCOO Photo)\" width=\"1350\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/010918a-roque-press-briefing-1350x759.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/010918a-roque-press-briefing-1350x759-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/010918a-roque-press-briefing-1350x759-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/010918a-roque-press-briefing-1350x759-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-151339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: \u201cWe are concerned with the reported China\u2019s missile deployments over the contested areas in the West Philippine Sea,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a press statement. (PCOO Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Malaca\u00f1ang on Friday expressed concern over reports that China has deployed anti-ship cruise missiles and surface-to-air missile systems in the disputed West Philippine Sea (WPS).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are concerned with the reported China\u2019s missile deployments over the contested areas in the West Philippine Sea,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a press statement.<\/p>\n<p>According to media reports, China installed the missile systems on Fiery Cross (Kagitingan) Reef, Subi (Zamora) Reef, and Mischief (Panganiban) Reef in the Spratly Islands.<\/p>\n<p>The Philippines and China, along with Vietnam, have overlapping claims on the Spratly Islands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith our recently developed close relationship and friendship with China, we are confident that those missiles are not directed at us,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe that as it may, we would explore all diplomatic means to address this issue,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>In July 2016, The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration handed its verdict in favor of the Philippines\u2019 arbitration case contesting China\u2019s nine-dash line claims in the WPS.<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations arbitral tribunal ruled that China does not have historic rights and that the nine-dash line has no legal basis.<\/p>\n<p>China, as expected, has rejected the arbitral tribunal\u2019s decision, prompting President Rodrigo R. Duterte to temporarily shelve it to give way peaceful and friendly dialogues.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Malaca\u00f1ang on Friday expressed concern over reports that China has deployed anti-ship cruise missiles and surface-to-air missile systems in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":151339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[420,978,50584,31449,7609],"class_list":["post-162611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-china","tag-malacanang","tag-missile-deployment","tag-presidential-spokesperson-harry-roque","tag-west-ph-sea","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}