Philippines brings supplies to Ayungin in ‘flawless’ mission

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The Philippines completed a quote ‘flawless’ rotation and resupply mission to the BRP Sierra Madre on Friday, February 2.  Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/brings-supplies-ayungin-shoal-flawless-mission-february-2024/

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00:00 The Philippines completed a "flawless rotation and resupply mission" to the BRP Sierra

00:05 Madre on Friday, February 2.

00:08 The completed mission to the makeshift military outpost in Ayungin Shoal is confirmed by armed

00:13 forces of the Philippines' spokesperson, Colonel Francel Padilla.

00:18 Friday's resupply mission is the first mission by sea completed in 2024 after a bilateral

00:23 meeting between the Philippines and China.

00:26 Crime defense expert Ray Powell notes, "The resupply seems to have encountered virtually

00:30 no resistance from China."

00:33 This is very different from past resupply missions, where Chinese ships subjected Philippine

00:37 vessels to harassment, shadowing, and water canoning.

00:42 China claims practically the entire South China Sea and sees resupply missions as violations

00:47 of its sovereignty.

00:49 Beijing also refuses to recognize the 2016 arbitral ruling that recognized the Philippines'

00:54 Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the West Philippine Sea.

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