Marcos on Ayungin incident: Deliberate action by China, but not armed attack

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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says the Chinese Coast Guard’s effort to disrupt Manila’s resupply mission to Ayungin Shoal on June 17 was not an armed attack.

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00:00President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says the Chinese Coast Guard's effort to disrupt Manila's resupply
00:06mission to Ayungin Shoal on June 17 was not an armed attack.
00:11The incident severely injured a Filipino soldier and saw CCG officers use tear gas, brandish
00:16bladed weapons, tug at the Philippine Navy's rigid hull inflatable boats, and throw rocks
00:21at soldiers.
00:23Marcos says, quote, no shot was fired, they didn't point a gun at us, but it was a deliberate
00:28action to stop our people.
00:30The Philippines has since filed a protest over China's disruption of the June 17 resupply
00:36mission.
00:37Meantime, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin reaffirms the U.S.'s commitment to the Philippines,
00:42saying it is, quote, ironclad following China's dangerous actions on June 17.

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