{"id":219636,"date":"2019-06-20T21:11:41","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T01:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=219636"},"modified":"2019-06-20T21:11:41","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T01:11:41","slug":"china-proposes-joint-probe-on-recto-bank-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/06\/20\/china-proposes-joint-probe-on-recto-bank-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"China proposes joint probe on Recto Bank incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_156249\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-156249\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/W020180110622697679814.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-156249\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/W020180110622697679814.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/W020180110622697679814.jpg 500w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/W020180110622697679814-768x505.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-156249\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lu said China &#8220;attaches great importance to friendly relations&#8221; with the Philippines and safety of persons at sea, regardless of nationality. (File Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People&#8217;s Republic of China)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>&#8212; The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Thursday proposed to jointly investigate with Philippine authorities the recent incident involving a Chinese and Filipino vessel that resulted in the latter&#8217;s sinking on June 9 off the waters of Recto Bank.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To find a proper solution, we suggest a joint investigation at an early date so the two sides can exchange respective initial findings and properly handle the matter through friendly consultations based on mutually-recognized investigation results,&#8221; Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said in a press conference.<\/p>\n<p>Lu said China &#8220;attaches great importance to friendly relations&#8221; with the Philippines and safety of persons at sea, regardless of nationality.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Once again, I would like to offer sympathy to the Filipino fishermen who were in distress after the accidental collision of a Chinese and a Filipino fishing vessel in Liyue Tan, Nansha,&#8221; he said, referring to Recto Bank, also claimed by Beijing, in its Chinese name.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will continue to investigate the incident thoroughly and communicate with the Philippine side via bilateral channels,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The incident involved the Filipino fishing boat Gem-Ver1 and a Chinese vessel at an area within the Philippines&#8217; exclusive economic zone.<\/p>\n<p>It resulted in the sinking of the Gem-Ver1, leaving 22 Filipino crew floundering in the water for several hours until they were rescued by a Vietnamese fishing boat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA&#8212; The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Thursday proposed to jointly investigate with Philippine authorities the recent incident involving a Chinese &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":156249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-219636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-joyce-ann-l-rocamora","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219636","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=219636"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":219637,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219636\/revisions\/219637"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}