DFA: PH to continue to assert rights after deal with China

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00:00The Department of Foreign Affairs, or DFA, announced the country has pledged to continue

00:04to assert our rights following a new arrangement with China for resupplying Filipino troops

00:10on Ayugin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea.

00:13The DFA clarified the agreement will not alter the country's position or rights under the

00:18United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, or UNCLOS, in the Exclusive Economic

00:23Zone, or EEZ.

00:25This arrangement aims to de-escalate South China Sea tensions while maintaining peaceful

00:30management of disputes.

00:32The resupply missions will remain under Philippine control, with support from the U.S. under

00:37the Mutual Defense Treaty.