00:00Maritime Cooperative Activity with the Navy of France and Maritime Domain Awareness Flights in the West Philippine Sea.
00:08It was held in the Philippines in the middle of China.
00:12J.P. Soriano was there.
00:18At the same time, the F-A-50 of the Philippine Air Force and the Rafale Jet of the French Navy flew in the West Philippine Sea.
00:26The fighter jets of France took off from their aircraft carrier, the Chaudegault,
00:32which is in the Philippines for the Maritime Cooperative Activity between France and the Philippines.
00:39It is also the third-week joint maritime activity in the West Philippine Sea of the AFP and its allies.
00:47These activities are led by China, which is involved in almost the entire South China Sea, as well as the West Philippine Sea.
00:56China released an audio of their annual radio challenge to the three aircraft of the Philippines
01:02that will enter their airspace in the Spratly Islands, which they call Nansha.
01:09Philippine military aircraft No. 22, you are intending the security of the Chinese reef. Leave immediately.
01:15China said that their maritime patrols have a legal basis in the Exclusive Economic Zone or EEZ of the Philippines
01:23even if it reaches coastal areas of Sambalis and Pangasinan.
01:29That's why the Philippine Coast Guard conducted maritime domain awareness flights from Pangasinan to Sambalis.
01:36Today, two China Coast Guard vessels in Sambalis were monitored by the PCG.
01:42BRP Teresa Magbanua, BRP Bagacay and BRP Cabra were deployed in Pangasinan and Sambalis.
01:50If you're wondering why we're going to go as far as Pangasinan,
01:55because right now we are monitoring the movement of China Coast Guard 5303
02:00at a distance of 80 nautical miles off the coast of Bulinao, Pangasinan.
02:05Our government has already announced the landing of the People's Liberation Army Navy helicopter
02:11or PLAN of China on the BIFAR aircraft in the Bajo de Macinlo.
02:15Because of that, America, Japan, Australia, UK, France and the European Union also announced against China.
02:24Not only is the Bajo de Macinlo inside the EEZ of the Philippines, but it is also part of the territory of the country.
02:32The Chinese fishing vessels are no longer going inside the Bajo de Macinlo
02:42because they don't have giant clams to destroy anymore.
02:46They destroyed it way back five years ago.
02:50The Chinese embassy in the Philippines has yet to make a statement,
02:53but they have already said that the Scarborough Shoal is part of their 10-line historical map
02:59that was destroyed in an arbitral ruling in 2016.
03:04For GMA Integrated News, J.P. Soriano.
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