Philippines says prior notification not part of resupply agreement with China

July 22, 2024 - 12:10 PM
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BRP Sierra Madre
A Philippine flag flutters from BRP Sierra Madre, a dilapidated Philippine Navy ship that has been aground since 1999 and became a Philippine military detachment on the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, part of the Spratly Islands, in the South China Sea March 29, 2014. (Reuters/Erik De Castro/File Photo)

 The Philippines’ foreign ministry said on Monday that there will be no prior notification from it to China for routine resupply missions to troops on a contested shoal in the South China Sea.

The ministry said a statement from China’s foreign ministry about prior notification for resupply missions was inaccurate, and added the Philippines would continue to assert its rights and jurisdiction in its maritime zones.

 —Reporting by Neil Jerome Morales; Editing by John Mair