MOSCOW: The Philippines and China have agreed on principles for de-escalation in the South China Sea to deliver personnel and cargo to a grounded Phil...
This file photo taken on April 23, 2023 shows Philippine coast guard vessel BRP Malapascua patrolling near the grounded navy ship BRP Sierra Madre where Philippine marines are stationed to assert Manila’s territorial claims at Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands in the disputed South China Sea.
The current agreement was reached after a series of consultations following constructive discussions between the two states during the 9th Bilateral Consultation Mechanism on the South China Sea in Manila on July 2, 2024, the ministry added. Ayungin Shoal, also known as Second Thomas Shoal, is a disputed reef claimed by the Philippines, China, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam. The Philippine navy deploys a small Marine contingent on the US-built Philippine navy ship Sierra Madre, which was deliberately run aground in 1999 in response to China’s territorial claims.
Significant oil and gas reserves have been discovered on the continental shelf of those islands, including the Paracel Islands, Thitu Island, Scarborough Shoal and the Spratly Islands, with the Whitson Reef being part.
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