{"id":225248,"date":"2019-07-31T19:16:25","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T23:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=225248"},"modified":"2019-07-31T19:16:25","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T23:16:25","slug":"manila-fires-off-note-verbale-over-chinese-swarming-in-wps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/07\/31\/manila-fires-off-note-verbale-over-chinese-swarming-in-wps\/","title":{"rendered":"Manila ‘fires off’ note verbale over Chinese swarming in WPS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. in Brussels, Belgium on October 18. PRESIDENTIAL PHOTOS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. confirmed Wednesday that the Philippines fired off a note verbale against the reported swarming of Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea.<\/p>\n

Reacting to a news article quoting National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr., who said the Philippines is set to protest the presence of Chinese fishing vessels around Pag-asa Island in the Kalayaan Island Group, Locsin said: “Diplomatic protest fired off.”<\/p>\n

“I did. I listen only to military intelligence; I distrust civilian sources of ‘misinformation,'” he said in a succeeding tweet when asked if Manila will file a note verbale based on Esperon’s recommended “diplomatic action”.<\/p>\n

“When it comes to national security, I am the thinking trigger; the finger is the Commander-in-Chief and the Armed Forces are the protector of people & state,” he added.<\/p>\n

In a forum, Esperon said Chinese warships have passed through the Sibutu Strait without prior clearance from Manila.<\/p>\n

Among others, he said at least 113 Chinese vessels have swarmed around the Philippine-occupied Pag-asa Island over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo deferred to Locsin when asked to comment about the reported Chinese activity in the area and the filing of note verbale to Beijing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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