• 7 months ago
DFA, itinangging binalewala ng Pilipinas ang mga panukala ng Tsina sa WPS;

Iginiit na marami sa mga ito ay salungat sa pambansang interes
Transcript
00:00 The Department of Foreign Affairs gave a decree that any agreement with a foreign country should be in accordance with the national interest.
00:09 This is in accordance with several resolutions that were accepted by the government from China related to the West Philippine Sea.
00:16 This is what Patrick De Jesus wrote.
00:20 The Department of Foreign Affairs can deny that the Philippines has denied some of China's resolutions on the arrangement of the state of affairs in the territory.
00:31 The DFA said that the Philippine government accepted the concept papers from China last year.
00:38 There was a long consultation about this with the relevant government agencies to clarify some of China's resolutions.
00:48 The DFA said that although some of these resolutions are acceptable, most of them are against the national interest of the Philippines.
00:58 These resolutions were discussed again in the 8th Bilateral Consultation Meeting in Shanghai last January.
01:05 But the Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong's comments about the Gentleman's Agreement
01:12 are more familiar to the DFA as the territory of China. This is why the Philippines did not pay attention to this.
01:19 The DFA is a part of the exclusive economic zone of the country and it will be a threat to our constitution.
01:27 In the last monitoring of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in the West Philippine Sea,
01:33 five Chinese Coast Guard ships were spotted in the Bajo de Macidloc,
01:37 18 Chinese maritime militia vessels, and 10 small boats.
01:42 In Ayungin Shoal, there was one CCG ship and six Chinese fishing boats.
01:48 In Asa Island, there was one CCG ship and six Chinese fishing vessels,
01:54 while seven Chinese fishing vessels were spotted in Panatag Island.
01:59 In the Philippine of Benham Rise, no foreign ships were spotted,
02:04 and the two Chinese research vessels that were spotted here last week only passed by according to the Philippine Navy.
02:12 According to the Philippine Navy, the last incident of the water cannon last week in Ayungin Shoal
02:19 is not the most dangerous because the standoff with the Mischief Reef in the 1990s was more tense.
02:27 It is said that the Chinese harassment is considered a part of the new normal. However, it is not acceptable.
02:34 We have been saying at the onset, all the actions of the PLA Navy, Chinese Coast Guard and the MMVs,
02:43 the maritime militia, should be professional.
02:46 The illegal actions, the unprovoked actions should stop.
02:52 We are not saying that it's acceptable. We have been telling them for a long time.
02:56 Meanwhile, AFP approved the results of a survey that the majority of Filipinos are ready to fight the country
03:05 amid the current external security threats.
03:09 According to the Octa Research Survey, 77% agreed with this, while the majority are in Mindanao.
03:17 That is what we are also looking at, to really strengthen the patriotic spirit of our countrymen.
03:25 As we keep on saying, the West Philippine issue is a unifying factor for the Filipinos.
03:32 If we can talk about that, we are all one in saying that we are all willing to fight this conflict altogether.
03:43 Patrick De Azuz for Pambansan TV in Bagong, Pilipinas.

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