Philippine Coast Guard meets "Chinese fishing fleet" gathering in disputed seas

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Veröffentlich am: 06.03.2023, 05:14 Uhr
Foreign news*****agencies reported from Manila. Philippines on March 5 that the Philippine Coast Guard issued a statement. last saturday about detecting a total of 42 Chinese fishing boats drifting together In a radius that can be seen by the naked eye from Thitu Island or Pak Asa Island. which is part of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, with warships of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA) monitoring It's not very far away.

The Chinese embassy in Manila declined to comment. while back in February Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. recently invited Chinese Ambassador to Manila Huang Xilian to "consider with concern" about the "increasing frequency" of warships and Chinese fishing boats appeared in the South China Sea especially near the Spratly Islands and the Paracel Islands


Incidents like this have happened before. In 2021, more than 200 Chinese fishing vessels settled in the disputed South China Sea between China and the Philippines. for several months before the Chinese fleet retreated by itself

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