MANILA: President Ferdinand Marcos said Monday (May 6) the Philippines would not respond in kind to China's deployment of water cannons against its vessels, ruling out the use of "offensive" equipment as Manila asserts its sovereignty in the disputed South China Sea.
The latest incident happened near the China -controlled Scarborough Shoal, which has long been a potential flashpoint, during a mission to resupply Filipino fishermen MANILA: President Ferdinand Marcos said Monday the Philippines would not respond in kind to China 's deployment of water cannons against its vessels, ruling out the use of"offensive" equipment as Manila asserts its sovereignty in the disputed South China Sea.
"We will not follow the Chinese Coast Guard and the Chinese vessels down that road," Marcos said Monday when asked if Manila would start using the water cannons on its own coast guard vessels to retaliate. A Philippine Coast Guard spokesman said on Wednesday that Manila's strategy was to expose and seek international condemnation of Beijing's behaviour in the South China Sea to encourage united efforts to ensure freedom of navigation in the strategic waterway.
Last week, Manila summoned a senior Chinese envoy to protest"the harassment, ramming, swarming, shadowing and blocking, dangerous manoeuvres use of water cannons" by China Coast Guard vessels against Philippine boats off the disputed Scarborough Shoal.
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