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菲“冲闯黄岩岛”闹剧开场,中方回应

2024-05-16 13:43

The trip was led by a group called Atin Ito (This is Ours), about two weeks after the China Coast Guard took necessary measures and expelled a Philippine Coast Guard vessel and another official vessel entering the waters of Huangyan Island without permission.

About 200 Filipinos on board five commercial fishing vessels sailed on Wednesday toward China's Huangyan Island in the South China Sea, over which, with its adjacent waters, China has indisputable sovereignty.

我海警依法喊话警告

"If the Philippine side abuses China's goodwill, we will take countermeasures in accordance with the law," Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a regular news briefing on Wednesday in Beijing.

China has warned the Philippines not to abuse its goodwill arrangement that allows Filipinos to fish with small boats in designated waters near China's Huangyan Island in the South China Sea.

The CCG said the Philippines' action infringed upon China's sovereignty and seriously violated international law and the basic norms of international relations and urged the country to immediately cease its activities.

The China Coast Guard (CCG) on Wednesday issued warnings to Philippine vessels that had illegally entered Chinese waters in the South China Sea.