Manila, Philippines (AP) – the Philippine Defense Chief on Monday called China’s vast claims in the South China Sea “The biggest fiction and lie”, which no Southeast Asia country will accept and say that the aggressive policies of the Chinese President is Jinpin’s International President.
Defense Minister Gilberto Theodoro launched his last tirade against China’s increasingly confident actions in the region the same day when the Philippine Coast Guard separately reports new incidents involving Chinese forces in Scarboro Schol, a hot -controversial fishing atoll in the controversial waterway.
A Chinese military helicopter seems to be a tail, but it does not come close close, the Philippine light plan takes a routine patrol on Monday over Scarborough. Chinese forces have separately installed a new floating barrier to prevent the Philippine fishermen from entering a lagoon in the shoes, located by the northwestern Philippines, told an online news briefing.
There was no immediate comment from Chinese employees, but in the past, they repeatedly claimed that Beijing had sovereign control over the Charborough Shoal and the greater part of the South China Sea since ancient times.
The International Arbitration Committee has invalidated China’s expansion claims in a 2016 decision on the basis of the UN Convention of the United Nations of 1982, but Beijing refused to participate in the arbitration initiated by the Philippines and continues to oppose the decision.
In a speech marking the anniversary of the Western Command of the Philippine military in the province of Palawan, which is facing the South China Sea, Theodoro emphasized the need for a “stronger national defense posture” and the continued security with the allied, to deal with the threat of Chinese aggression.
“No side of Asean accepts the legitimacy of this line from the 10th, because it is the biggest fiction and lie that can be sold to any right thought,” Theodoro told the Philippine powers.
He refers to the Association of Southeast Asia countries, a regional block of 10 national ones, negotiating a disagreement pact called the Code of Conduct with China to prevent territorial conflicts from deviating out of control.
The members of the State of Asean Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei participated in the long -term territorial opposition in the South China Sea. Taiwan also filed a claim similar to China, which distinguishes the extent of its declared territory with 10 linear dashes on Chinese cards.
Theodoro said that the XI rules a “small dictatorship and autocracy” and that his “click” in the Chinese Communist Party is to blame for what the chief of defense called the aggressive and illegal policies of Beijing, not the predecessors of the Chinese or the Chinese.
“This is caused by Xi Jinping and his violent ways … that would probably destroy his party leadership in China and the reputation, which was fueled by his predecessors,” Theodoro told reporters.
China’s aggressive actions in controversial waters prompted the Philippines to build stronger unions for security with friendly countries, said Theodoro.
According to him, the Philippines will sign an agreement on visiting forces with New Zealand next month to allow their forces to enter their territory for joint military exercises. The negotiations reached the last stage for such an agreement with Canada, he said.
President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., allowed the negotiations for such an agreement with France, Teodoro said.
US Secretary of Defense Pete Heget should meet with Theodoro on Friday in Manila about conversations, which Philippine officials have said will project fears about China’s assertive actions in contested waters and ways to strengthen a decades of US-philippine contract.