MANILA — Countermeasures by the Philippines to China's conduct in the South China Sea will entail strengthening its defence capabilities with allies and exhausting all diplomatic measures to resolve disputes, a security official said on Monday (April 1).
MANILA — Countermeasures by the Philippines to China's conduct in the South China Sea will entail strengthening its defence capabilities with allies and exhausting all diplomatic measures to resolve disputes, a security official said on Monday .Chinese Maritime Militia vessels are pictured near the Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea on March 5, 2024.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr last week said that the Philippines would implement unspecified measures against"illegal, coercive, aggressive, and dangerous attacks" by China's coastguard, upping the stakes in an escalating row in the South China Sea. Mr Marcos also ordered his government to strengthen its coordination on maritime security to confront"a range of serious challenges" to territorial integrity and peace, according to a copy of the directive released on Sunday.
China claims almost the entire South China Sea as its territory, policed by an armada of coastguard vessels, some more than 1,000km away from its mainland.
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