The Chinese vessel Sunday rammed a Filipino boat anchored near Reed Bank in the South China Sea, known as the East Sea in Vietnam, sinking it and abandoning the fishermen on board, the AFP reported, citing a statement by Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana..
6 days ago In the face of it, neither fish nor fictional historical claims are worth the fuse that's lit by such incidents," the unusually strong-worded statement from Manila said.China claims virtually the entire South China Sea and has built several islands equipped with military installations in the area, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. It said it collided with the Chinese ship Haijing 4301 after conducting “dangerous actions.” All eight Vietnamese sailors were rescued by the Chinese and admitted to wrongdoing, China Maritime Police spokesman Zhang Jun was quoted as saying in a statement.China seized the islands from Vietnam in 1974 and frequent confrontations have occurred there.FILE - In this April 12, 2018, file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, the Liaoning aircraft carrier is accompanied by navy frigates and submarines conducting an exercises in the South China Sea. 6 days ago Philippines backs Vietnam after China sinks fishing boat By JIM GOMEZ April 8, 2020 GMT FILE - In this April 12, 2018, file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, the Liaoning aircraft carrier is accompanied by navy frigates and submarines conducting an exercises in the South China Sea.

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MANILA — The Philippines on Wednesday accused a Chinese vessel of ramming a Philippine boat in the disputed South China Sea, causing it to sink and putting the lives of the crew at risk.Although the 22 fishermen onboard were rescued by a Vietnamese fishing vessel in the area, Philippine officials said the collision on Sunday had left them “to the mercy of the elements.”“We condemn in the strongest terms the cowardly action of the Chinese fishing vessel and its crew for abandoning the Filipino crew,” Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said in a statement. They were rescued by a Vietnamese fishing vessel.“Our own similar experience revealed how much trust in a friendship is lost by it and how much trust was created by Vietnam’s humanitarian act of directly saving the lives of our Filipino fishermen,” the department said.The United States has also expressed serious concern over the reported sinking of the Vietnamese vessel and called on China to remain focused on supporting efforts to combat the pandemic and “stop exploiting the distraction or vulnerability of other states to expand its unlawful claims in the South China Sea.”Amid the pandemic, China “has announced new `research stations’ on military bases it built on Fiery Cross Reef and Subi Reef and landed special military aircraft on Fiery Cross Reef,” U.S. State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement, referring to two of seven islands China built on disputed shoals in the South China Sea.China has also “continued to deploy maritime militia around the Spratly Islands,” she said, referring to a hotly contested group of islands and citing a 2016 decision by an international tribunal that invalidated China’s sprawling claims in the South China Sea.China has said it has the right to build in waters where it exercises sovereignty and has ignored and continued to defy the the arbitration ruling.The Philippines warned that incidents like the sinking of the Vietnamese boat undermine the potential for a trusting relationship between the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations and China. The Department of Foreign Affairs … Philstar.com is one of the most vibrant, opinionated, discerning communities of readers on cyberspace. This is not the expected action from a responsible and friendly people,” the defense chief said.He called for a formal investigation of the incident and appealed to authorities to take appropriate diplomatic steps.Locsin, meanwhile, stressed he based his reaction only on Lorenzana’s statement, as he had just landed in Geneva.“I’ve been airborne.

Despite the coronavirus outbreak, China is keeping up with military exercises around Taiwan at the northern edge of the South China Sea. A Vietnamese fishing vessel in the area rescued the Filipino fishermen in coordination with the Philippine military. Vietnamese fishermen later arrived to help the Filipinos.Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana yesterday lashed out at the Chinese for abandoning the distressed Filipino crew of F/B Gimver 1 after what he described as a “collision” on Sunday in the vicinity of Recto or Reed Bank in the West Philippine Sea, over which the Philippines has been awarded sovereign rights. Chinese Vessel Rams, Sinks Philippine Fishing Boat in Reed Bank – The Diplomat All Sections Search By It said it collided with the Chinese ship Haijing 4301 after conducting "dangerous actions.

or sign in with WHAT IS CONTEMPTIBLE AND CONDEMNABLE IS THE ABANDONMENT OF THE CREW TO THE ELEMENTS,” Locsin said in a tweet last night.He added the Vietnamese assistance “will be the basis of enhanced” Philippines-Vietnam military cooperation. MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines on Wednesday expressed solidarity with Vietnam after Hanoi protested what it said was the ramming and sinking of a Vietnamese fishing boat by a Chinese coast guard ship in the disputed South China Sea.The Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila expressed deep concern over the reported April 3 sinking of the boat carrying eight fishermen off the Paracel Islands. They were rescued by a Vietnamese fishing vessel. The Philippines on Wednesday expressed solidarity with Vietnam after Hanoi protested what it said was the ramming and sinking of a Vietnamese fishing boat by a Chinese coast guard ship in the disputed South China Sea. By