Ferdinand Marcos says the country is merely defending its territory and the rights of its fishermen.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said the Philippines was upholding its rights to fish in its exclusive economic zone.
The Philippine coastguard this week said had cut a 300-m floating barrier installed by China that blocked access to the hotly disputed Scarborough Shoal, an area Beijing has controlled for over a decade. “What we will do is to continue defending the Philippines, the maritime territory of the Philippines, the rights of our fishermen to catch fish in areas where they are doing it for hundreds of years already,” Marcos told reporters.The Chinese coastguard has disputed the Philippine version of the events, while the US has weighed in behind ally Manila, with a senior defence official calling its move a “bold step” and underlining its treaty obligations to defend its former colony.
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