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US to support Philippines' efforts to resupply ship on atoll – Sullivan  The United States "will do what is necessary" to see that the Philippines is able to resupply a ship on Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal that Manila uses to reinforce its claims to the atoll, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Friday, July 19.  Sullivan said the US would prefer that the Philippines conducts the resupplies of the small crew on the warship Sierra Madre, which Manila beached in 1999 to reinforce maritime claims in the South China Sea contested by China.  Speaking to the Aspen Security Forum conference in Colorado, Sullivan said the United States has made clear to China that its mutual defense treaty with the Philippines applies to the Sierra Madre.   ASPEN SECURITY FORUM VIDEO/REUTERS  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes  #worldnews  #ayunginshoal  #philippines  #westphilippinesea

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00:00Well, first of all, just on the point of the Mutual Defense

00:02Treaty, we've made clear that it applies to public vessels

00:06in the South China Sea.

00:07And so China well understands our view

00:09of the application of the Mutual Defense Treaty

00:12should that line get crossed.

00:15That's an important point.

00:16We believe it is a stabilizing point,

00:17is one we have reinforced publicly and very much

00:20reinforced directly to the PRC.

00:21And the Philippines understands and appreciates that.

00:24Secondly, we have tried to consult very closely

00:28with the Philippines, because these are decisions

00:30they should lead on.

00:32How to most effectively reprovision this ship

00:35so that the sailors on board have the food and water

00:38and other provisions they need to continue

00:40to fulfill their mission.

00:42And we will do what is necessary with the Philippines

00:46to see to it that that happens.

00:47But in terms of specific concepts of operations

00:51or the exact way in which the United States would be engaged,

00:54our preference is to have the maintenance of the status

00:57quo there, the capacity of the Philippines

01:00to do these resupplies.

01:01We will continue to support the Philippines

01:03and stand behind them as they take steps

01:06to be able to ensure that.

01:07And I will be very cautious about speaking

01:09about hypotheticals should we have to get to it.

01:12Because the most important thing right now

01:15is to see de-escalation and to see

01:17the ability of the Philippines to do resupplies.

01:19We believe that is achievable.

01:21And we are going to drive to make that happen.

01:23We have seen them respond when we go to them to say,

01:26here's a bank that's facilitating a transaction

01:29that is a concern to us.

01:30We have seen them respond to that.

01:32But writ large, the picture is not pretty.

01:35China continues to be a major supplier of dual-use items

01:39to Russia's war machine.

01:41And dual-use items is kind of an abstract term.

01:45It's a good Washington term.

01:46What it means, it's the implements.

01:47It's the instruments that go into the weapons

01:51that are killing Ukrainians and oppressing Ukraine.

01:55And we think China should stop.

01:58Because we think it is profoundly outside of the bounds

02:04of decent conduct by nation states.

02:07And China should not be on Team Russia

02:09when it comes to the war in Ukraine.

02:11So there are targeted ways in which they are responsive.

02:17But the larger picture continues to travel

02:20in the wrong direction from my perspective.

02:22And we have made no bones about that.

02:24We've been quite public and transparent about it.

02:26And we of course say that directly to them

02:29in dialogue as well.

02:30And so do our European partners.

02:32And the NATO Summit made a very strong statement

02:34on this issue publicly.

US to support Philippines' efforts to resupply ship on atoll – Sullivan

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