India supports the Philippines’ defense of its national sovereignty amid ongoing South China Sea disputes, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyan Jaishankar reiterated days after the latest harassment by China in Ayungin Shoal. A much-larger China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel blasted a Filipino resupply boat with water cannon on Saturday. The CCG also attempted to obstruct the […]
South China Sea update
Duterte urges China not to ‘surround’ Pag-asa Island
MANILA — President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Wednesday asked China to stop surrounding Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), warning that just one harmed soldier could “precipitate trouble there.” Duterte, in a PDP-Laban campaign rally in Batangas, made this statement after the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) bared that a rise […]