00:00The government has firmly stated that it does not need China's permission to conduct activities within the West Philippine Sea.
00:06According to the National Task Force West Philippine Sea,
00:10China's claim that the Philippines sought approval for last month's rotation and resupply mission to the BRP Sharamadre is false.
00:17The task force stressed that a Yungan shoal is part of the country's exclusive economic zone and continental shelf,
00:24an area reinforced by the 2016 Arbitral Award.
00:27As such, the Philippines has sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the shoal,
00:31and all Rora missions are consistent with international law and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea or Unclose.
00:39The government also rejected China's assertions of authority over a Yungan shoal, calling them nothing more than disinformation.
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