00:00The Philippines will hold a formal diplomatic protest
00:04following the call of the Philippine Coast Guard
00:07that the helicopter of China was attached to the B-4 airplane at a different time.
00:13The United States of America in the Philippines also condemned the incident
00:17and called on China.
00:19Chino Gaston has the story.
00:21We can see how close the helicopter of the People's Liberation Army Navy of China
00:31to the aircraft of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Bajo de Macinlo yesterday.
00:36According to the Philippine Coast Guard,
00:38the helicopter was only 3 meters away from the B-4 airplane.
00:42China showed a different rate of impact yesterday according to the PCG.
00:48They agree with you when you said that the helicopter dangerous action
00:55was considered to be at some point higher level of escalatory action
01:01compared for the past harassment that they did.
01:04According to the National Maritime Council,
01:06the government will hold a formal diplomatic protest
01:10following the so-called serious incident.
01:13In a social media post,
01:15the U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines, Mary Kay Carlson,
01:18condemned the dangerous movement of the Chinese helicopter
01:21that put the passengers and pilots of the B-4 airplane in danger.
01:26She also called on China to stop the coercive action
01:30and fix its dispute in the Philippines in a peaceful way according to international law.
01:37The B-4 helicopter was radio challenged by China 16 times.
01:41The Chinese helicopter was also radio challenged 11 times.
01:45According to the Southern Theater Command of China,
01:48they chased the B-4 airplane because it illegally entered the Chinese airspace
01:55without permission and violated the sovereignty of China and international law.
02:00When the incident happened,
02:02Maritime Domain Surveillance and Reconnaissance Flight
02:06conducted the B-4 inside the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Philippines.
02:09According to the B-4,
02:10no matter what China does,
02:12it will not stop and will continue the surveillance flights
02:16to other parts of the West Philippine Sea
02:18to protect the rich seas and the Filipino fishermen.
02:23We will not stop.
02:24While they continue to show this irresponsible act,
02:29they continue to show the whole world how irresponsible they are as a country.
02:35The Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Chinese Navy
02:38have respected the sovereignty of the Philippines
02:40and followed international law
02:42to uphold the rules-based order and regional peace.
02:47For GMA Integrated News, Sino Gaston, Catutok, 24 Hours.
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