Les Philippines ont annoncé, lundi, avoir convoqué un diplomate de l'ambassade de Chine, deux jours après un nouvel incident impliquant des navires des deux pays en mer de Chine méridionale.
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00:00 The Philippines announced, on Monday, that it had summoned a diplomat from the Chinese
00:05 embassy, two days after a new incident involving ships from the two countries at sea in southern
00:09 China.
00:10 Beijing claims almost all of this despite a decision by international justice in 2016.
00:17 Recovery of tensions at sea in southern China between Beijing and Manila.
00:22 The Philippines announced, on Monday, March 25, that it had summoned a diplomat from the
00:27 Chinese embassy, two days after a new incident involving ships from the two countries at sea
00:31 in southern China.
00:32 A new incident described as "illegal intrusion" by China.
00:36 Manila took part in these "live protests" against the aggressive actions undertaken
00:40 on Saturday by coast guards and the Chinese maritime militia against a Philippine refueling
00:45 boat off the Atoll II Toma, a reef disputed between the two countries.
00:49 It is located about 200 km from the western Philippine island of Palawan and more than
00:55 1000 km from the island of Hainan, the closest large-scale Chinese territory.
00:59 According to the Philippines, the Chinese coast guards blocked a refueling ship and
01:05 damaged it by using water cannons, injuring three soldiers.
01:08 The Chinese coast guards have, on their part, described their "regulation, interception
01:15 and legitimate expulsion" of a foreign boat that had "tried to forcefully penetrate
01:19 into the Chinese waters".
01:21 On Monday, the Chinese embassy in Manila indicated that it had addressed a "solid
01:29 protest" with the Philippines after this incident.
01:32 On March 23, the Philippines violated their own commitments, ignored the firm opposition
01:38 and the previous warnings from China, and insisted on sending a refueling ship and two
01:43 coast guard ships to arbitrarily penetrate the waters near the Reef and the Inlansha
01:48 of China, the embassy said in a statement, using the Chinese name of the Atoll in Second
01:54 Toma.
01:55 "This is an illegal intrusion," it insisted.
01:58 Manila has declared that it has filed a similar protest with the Chinese Ministry of Foreign
02:03 Affairs.
02:04 The Philippines stressed, among other things, that China has no right to be on the Atoll
02:10 in Inland, using the Filipino name of Second Toma.
02:13 The Philippines demands that Chinese ships leave the surroundings of the Atoll in Inland
02:17 and the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines immediately.
02:20 Later on Monday, Philippine Secretary of Defense Gilbert Teodoro challenged Beijing to
02:27 request arbitration, which he considers the "best way to resolve a legal dispute in a
02:32 sustainable way".
02:33 "That's why he doesn't like this option," he told journalists.
02:37 Beijing claims almost all of the South China Sea in spite of the law.
02:42 Over the past few months, Chinese ships have already used water cannons and have collided
02:48 with Philippine ships near this Atoll.
02:52 Beijing claims almost all of the South China Sea, including waters and islands near the
02:57 coasts of several neighboring countries, in spite of a decision by international justice
03:02 in 2016.
03:03 According to Manila, the Philippine ship attacked on Saturday and was carrying out a rotation
03:08 and routine refueling on the Atoll, suffered damage.
03:12 The ship escorts coast guards who provided assistance to deploy
03:17 rigid hull pneumatic canoes to carry out its cargo and personnel on the Atoll.
03:22 Philippine soldiers stationed on the Atoll live aboard a disinfected Navy ship,
03:27 the BRP Sierra Madre, and need to be frequently refueled.
03:30 Maritime liaison is also necessary for personnel rotations.
03:35 AVEC AFP.