00:00The armed forces of the Philippines will not fight among the Philippines and China even if the resupply missions continue in Ayungin Shoal.
00:08The AFP insisted that they are bringing construction materials to Escoda Shoal, which is part of our Exclusive Economic Zone.
00:15We have the first news from Chino Gaston.
00:18The China Coast Guard 3302 has been spotted several times in the West Philippine Sea.
00:24This includes the ships of China carrying water cannons in the humanitarian and support missions in Panatang Shoal last December.
00:31This ship passed 40 nautical miles west of Palawan, according to maritime security expert Ray Powell.
00:39It entered the 200 nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone of the Philippines.
00:43According to the AFP, the Philippines has reached 50,000 challenges in the ships passing through our EEZ this year.
00:52There are a lot of international maritime highways that we call that ships pass through, not just maritime and commercial ships, but even warships.
01:11The AFP also monitored the passage of an aircraft carrier of China that, according to the Chinese state media Global Times,
01:18has passed 200 nautical miles from the Exclusive Economic Zone.
01:21However, according to the AFP, the number of Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea decreased from June 25 to July 1 compared to last week.
01:30We don't want to speculate on the reduction.
01:34Suffice it to say, we have monitored a reduction on a week-to-week basis of our monitoring.
01:41For whatever reason, this will be subject to further assessments.
01:45We will not be deterred.
01:46Secondly, we will continue resupplying and rotating our troops.
01:51Thirdly, this is the mandate of the armed forces, guided by higher pronouncements from the government and the Department of National Defense.
02:00Western Command is doing the appropriate planning.
02:03The AFP also denied what was said in a Global Times article that the construction materials of the PCG in Eskoda Shoal were brought in,
02:11according to the Chinese state media.
02:13This is an indication that the Philippines is planning to build a maritime base to support the BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal.
02:41This will mean increased presence, this will mean increased maritime and air patrols, this will mean stationing ships longer than necessary.
02:50The AFP also denied the rumors that there might be a war if the Philippines forces the resupply missions in Ayungin.
02:58The AFP will continue resupplying in Ayungin despite what happened, where a soldier was cut in half.
03:06There will be no war.
03:08There will be no war because we are using all the instruments of national power.
03:14For now, we can avoid war.
03:17We don't want war.
03:19This is the first news. Chino Gaston for GMA Integrated News.
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