{"id":76329,"date":"2024-03-28T09:29:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T09:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/philippines-marcos-vows-countermeasures-in-response-to-chinese-attacks-in-south-china-sea\/"},"modified":"2024-03-28T09:29:05","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T09:29:05","slug":"philippines-marcos-vows-countermeasures-in-response-to-chinese-attacks-in-south-china-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/philippines-marcos-vows-countermeasures-in-response-to-chinese-attacks-in-south-china-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Philippines\u2019 Marcos vows countermeasures in response to Chinese \u2018attacks\u2019 in South China Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>The Philippines will implement countermeasures proportionate and reasonable against \u201cillegal, coercive, aggressive, and dangerous attacks\u201d by China\u2019s coastguard and maritime militia in the South China Sea, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe seek no conflict with any nation, more so nations that purport and claim to be our friends, but we will not be cowed into silence, submission, or subservience,\u201d Marcos said on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>He did not specify what the countermeasures would include.<\/p>\n<p>The Philippines has been furious in the past year over what it calls repeated aggression by China\u2019s coastguard and allied fishing vessels around disputed features located inside Manila\u2019s 200-mile exclusive economic zone.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FBongbongMarcos%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02xT8W4FSG6izT6xUBegur54Sm6gxQeQccp7vQp4ag47zgkqK8qU7343A7RN7aq4ygl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"298\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1823640\">latest flare-up<\/a> occurred last week when China used a water cannon to disrupt another Philippine resupply mission to the Second Thomas Shoal for soldiers posted to guard a warship intentionally grounded on a reef 25 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>China, which claims almost the entire South China Sea as its own, has accused the Philippines of encroaching on its territory and says it took necessary measures against the vessels.<\/p>\n<p>China warned the Philippines on Monday to behave cautiously and seek dialogue, saying their relations were at a \u201ccrossroads\u201d as confrontations between their coastguards over maritime claims worsened tensions.<\/p>\n<p>Marcos said he met his defence and security officials and has been in contact with \u201cfriends in the international community\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have offered to help us with what the Philippines requires to protect and secure our sovereignty, sovereign rights, and jurisdiction while ensuring peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific,\u201d Marcos said.<\/p>\n<p>The deterioration in relations with China comes as Marcos seeks to deepen defence ties with the United States. He has increased US access to Philippine military bases and joint exercises will now include sea and air patrols over the South China Sea, vexing Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday reaffirmed Washington\u2019s commitment to a 1951 mutual defence treaty with the Philippines and criticised  China\u2019s actions at the Second Thomas Shoal as \u201cdangerous\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In a phone call on Wednesday with his Philippine counterpart Gilberto Teodoro, Austin \u201creaffirmed the ironclad US commitment to the Philippines,\u201d which it said was undertaking a lawful resupply mission.<\/p>\n<p>The Philippine-US treaty binds both countries to defend each other if attacked and includes coastguard and civilian and military vessels in the South China Sea.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Philippines will implement countermeasures proportionate and reasonable against \u201cillegal, coercive, aggressive, and dangerous 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