Teodoro slams China Coast Guard regulation as ‘provocation’

  • 4 months ago
Speaking before officers of the Philippine Navy, Defense Secretary Gibo Teodoro criticizes China’s newest coast guard regulation as a ‘provocation.’

Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/gibo-teodoro-slams-china-coast-guard-regulation-foreign-trespassers-provocation/

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00:00Speaking before officers of the Philippine Navy, Defense Secretary
00:04Gibo Teodoro criticizes China's newest Coast Guard regulation as a provocation.
00:09In another interview, Teodoro confirms he was alluding to a newly released
00:13China Coast Guard regulation setting the conditions for quote-unquote
00:17trespassers to be apprehended in Chinese waters.
00:20Teodoro calls it an irresponsible threat which he says is a violation of the UN
00:25Convention on the Law of the Sea or UNCLOS and the United Nations Charter.
00:29Teodoro adds it is a matter of international concern since it is a breach of international
00:34peace. The regulation will reportedly take effect in June 2024.
00:38Tensions between the Philippines and China have amped up significantly as Manila asserts its
00:43sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea. China claims a huge chunk of the South China
00:48Sea despite a 2016 arbitral ruling that junks its claim as invalid.

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