Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario has assailed China for purportedly undermining the rule of law for insisting its territorial claims over the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Friday said it respected the US Navy’s decision to relieve four officers after one of its vessels damaged the Tubbataha Reefs but stressed that Manila needed to conduct its own probe of the incident.
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What really happened? President Benigno Aquino III on Friday ordered an investigation to determine what really happened in Sabah because of conflicting reports from the Malaysian authorities and the followers of the sultan of Sulu.
Days of heated diplomacy at Southeast Asian talks ended in failure on Friday as deep splits over China prevented the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) from issuing its customary joint statement for the first time in the bloc’s 45-year history.
It looks like stormy weather may break the standoff between the Philippines and China. Citing bad weather, President Benigno Aquino III has ordered home two Philippine ships engaged in a standoff with China over Scarborough Shoal, Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said on Saturday.
The Philippines is not joining other United Nations member countries in condemning the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad for the massacre of more than 100 civilians in the strife-torn Middle Eastern country, according to Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will proceed with the closure of 10 diplomatic outposts to make the Philippine foreign service “smarter, meaner and leaner.”
The Philippines has asked the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to take a stand on its dispute with China over territorial claims to Scarborough Shoal (Panatag Shoal) and on other Chinese incursions in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).
Chinese fishing vessels were found conducting illegal poaching activities in the Scarborough Shoal which led to the current standoff between the BRP Gregorio del Pilar and two Chinese maritime surveillance vessels.
The high-level talks between the Philippines and the United States on expanding Washington’s military presence in the country will be held on April 30 in the US capital, according to Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario.
The Special Committee on the United Nations Charter has approved a Philippine proposal calling on all UN member-states to “observe and promote in good faith the Manila Declaration in the peaceful settlement of international disputes,” according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).
