Philippines summons China ambassador after South China Sea confrontations

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The Philippines has summoned China’s envoy, said the foreign ministry amid some of the most tense confrontations between the countries’ vessels in the disputed South China Sea. Meanwhile, the United States has accused China of interfering in the Philippines’ maritime operations and undermining regional stability.

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00:00 "The Philippines has summoned China's invoice," said the foreign ministry amid some of the

00:06 most tense confrontations between the country's vessels in the disputed South China Sea.

00:11 Meanwhile, the United States has accused China of interfering in the Philippines' maritime

00:15 operations and undermining regional stability.

00:19 Manila said its vessels were hit by Chinese water cannons on Saturday as they tried to

00:23 send supplies to Filipino fishermen at Scarborough Shoal, which was seized by Beijing in 2012

00:28 after a months-long standoff.

00:30 There was also a collision between Philippine and Chinese boats at Second Thomas Shoal,

00:34 where a handful of Filipino troops are stationed on a grounded warship, with both countries

00:39 trading blame.

00:40 On Sunday, meanwhile, ships trying to resupply sailors on board the grounded Sierra Madre

00:45 on Second Thomas Shoal in the Spatly Island was also hit by water cannon amid a collision

00:50 with the Chinese Coast Guard that Beijing blamed on Manila.

00:53 Pictures shared on social media showed the Philippines' boats had broken windows and

00:57 damaged decks from the incident.

01:00 Philippines Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Teresita Daza, during a press conference, said that

01:04 Manila had filed diplomatic protests and that Chinese ambassador has also been summoned

01:09 amid a rise in tensions in the disputed South China Sea.

01:12 Daza said declaring China's ambassador, Huang Shilian, as "persona non grata" in the Philippines

01:17 was also something that has to be seriously considered.

01:20 Meanwhile, Jonathan Malaya, assistant director-general of the National Security Council in the Philippines,

01:25 told reporters that the incident over the weekend was a serious escalation of Beijing's

01:29 tactics to assert their claim over the South China Sea.

01:32 Manila on Monday also said that the vessel, which was both sprayed with a water cannon

01:36 and rammed, was carrying a senior Philippine military official.

01:39 Philippine Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, Romeo Bronner, who was on board the vessel,

01:43 told that he was not hurt by the incident and that he does not believe China knew he

01:47 was on board the boat.

01:49 China has repeatedly claimed the entire South China Sea, including waters and islands near

01:52 the shores of its neighbours, as part of its territory, ignoring the verdict of an international

01:56 tribunal which said that Beijing's claims have no legal basis.

02:01 Washington on Monday released a statement urging Beijing to stop its "dangerous and

02:05 destabilising conduct" in the South China Sea following the alleged ramming and water

02:09 cannoning of Filipino boats by Chinese vessels, which were on a resupply mission to Second

02:13 Thomas Shoal, where its soldiers are stationed.

02:16 The US also reiterated its support for its treaty ally, the Philippines, and reaffirmed

02:20 its commitment to the Mutual Defence Pact.

02:23 Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. deemed the presence of Chinese coastguard

02:27 vessels and maritime militia in his country's waters as illegal and their actions against

02:31 Filipinos as outright violations of international law.

02:34 In a post on X, he also said that Manila is determined to defend and protect its nation's

02:39 sovereign rights in the South China Sea amid aggression and provocations by Beijing.

02:43 China on Monday released a statement responding to the allegations by the Philippines and

02:47 called its actions "professional and mistaken".

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