{"id":208216,"date":"2019-04-03T02:29:20","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T06:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=208216"},"modified":"2019-04-03T02:29:20","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T06:29:20","slug":"salvo-of-notes-verbales-issued-over-chinese-presence-in-pag-asa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/04\/03\/salvo-of-notes-verbales-issued-over-chinese-presence-in-pag-asa\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Salvo of notes verbales\u2019 issued over Chinese presence in Pag-asa"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a follow-up tweet, Locsin reiterated that he sent the notes verbales on the Chinese activity before his four-day official visit to China last month where he met with State Counselor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, his counterpart. (File photo<\/a>: Teddy Locsin Jr.\/Twitter<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Foreign Affairs Secretary Tedoro Locsin Jr. on Tuesday said the Philippine government has served a “salvo of diplomatic notes” to China over the presence of Chinese vessels near the Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).<\/p>\n

“Before going to (a) successful China visit, I fired off salvo of diplomatic notes so I would not be accused of insincerity if, as suggested, I fired them off after the visit, which is sioki (cowardly). Instructed shot over massing of moving vessels because circling establishes nothing,” he said in a tweet.<\/p>\n

The statement comes after he was tagged and asked on Twitter to confirm if the country filed a diplomatic protest against China after more than a hundred vessels suspected to be Chinese militia were sighted near the Philippine-occupied feature in Kalayaan Island Group.<\/p>\n

In a follow-up tweet, Locsin reiterated that he sent the notes verbales on the Chinese activity before his four-day official visit to China last month where he met with State Counselor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, his counterpart.<\/p>\n

“I sent notes verbales versus swarming before my China trip. You have my word on it and that is all you all get,” he said.<\/p>\n

Locsin stressed that the document will not be made public.<\/p>\n

In a recent television interview, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the diplomatic note would ask the Chinese government “what are they (vessels) doing there and why are those fishermen stationary.”<\/p>\n

Panelo, who met with Chinese Ambassador to Manila Zhao Jinhua on Monday, said the envoy recommended raising the issue during the two states’ Bilateral Consultation Mechanism meetings instead.<\/p>\n

\u201cSabi niya<\/em>\u00a0(he said), we have the mechanisms, so\u00a0hayaan na natin iyong<\/em>\u00a0mechanism (let the mechanism),\u00a0iyong\u00a0<\/em>(the)\u00a0bilateral mechanism to thresh that issue,\u201d he said.\u00a0(With reports from Azer Parrocha\/PNA)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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