Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]Apr 22, 2024

Nearly 17,000 Filipino and American troops will begin a three-week joint combat training exercise in the #Philippines on Monday involving #MaritimeDrills in the #SouthChinaSea where #Manila and #Beijing have sparred over #MaritimeBorders.

#France and #Australia will join the maritime exercises to be conducted for the first time outside Philippine territorial waters. #Balikatan2024 #WestPHSea

PH, #US troops begin annual combat drills
https://www.reuters.com/world/philippines-us-troops-begin-annual-combat-drills-2024-04-22/

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bikejournoFeb 1, 2023

Never mind the decision taken in 2016 by the #UNCLOS arbitration court, telling Beijing to forget about its #NineDashLine and its attempt to expand and militarize islands and reefs in the West Philippines Sea, also known as the East Vietnam Sea and the North Indonesia Sea.

Expansionist and brazen China needs to be held at bay.

#China coast guard patrolled #WestPHSea almost every day in 2022 | #SouthChinaSea #MaritimeBorders #Philippines
https://www.rappler.com/nation/china-coast-guard-patrols-presence-west-philippine-sea-2022/

China coast guard patrolled West PH Sea almost every day in 2022

This shows China’s 'determination to assert control over the vast maritime zone within its claimed nine-dash line,' says a US-based think tank

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Norobiik @[email protected]Feb 1, 2023

"The Second Thomas Shoal (#AyunginShoal), Luconia Shoals, Scarborough Shoal (#PanatagShoal), Vanguard Bank, and Thitu Island (#PagAsaIsland) were among the five areas most frequented by Chinese ships in 2022, according to the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (AMTI-CSIS) in Washington, DC."

#China coast guard patrolled #WestPHSea almost every day in 2022 | #SouthChinaSea #MaritimeBorders #Philippines
https://www.rappler.com/nation/china-coast-guard-patrols-presence-west-philippine-sea-2022/

China coast guard patrolled West PH Sea almost every day in 2022

This shows China’s 'determination to assert control over the vast maritime zone within its claimed nine-dash line,' says a US-based think tank

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EU Council TV NewsDec 6, 2022

Doorstep by @kmitsotakis Prime Minister of #Greece at the #EUWBSummit on 6 December 2022 in #Tirana.
On #maritimeborders issue with #Albania: "We've made good progress over the past months and we do want to resolve this issue based on international law"
https://newsroom.consilium.europa.eu/permalink/241527

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