MANILA, Sept 29 — The Philippines will put up a strong defence of its territory and the rights of its fishers and is not looking for trouble, its president said today, as a row...
MANILA, Sept 29 — The Philippines will put up a strong defence of its territory and the rights of its fishers and is not looking for trouble, its president said today, as a row simmers with China over access to a strategic South China Sea shoal.
"What we will do is to continue defending the Philippines, the maritime territory of the Philippines, the rights of our fishermen to catch fish in areas where they are doing it for hundreds of years already," Marcos told reporters. "The president is really sincere with his commitment that we're not going to surrender an inch of our territory to any foreign power," coastguard spokesperson Commodore Jay Tarriela told a press conference.
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