Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro lashed out at China during a Seoul defense forum Tuesday after receiving an audience note defending Beijing’s rejection of a 2016 international tribunal ruling upholding Manila’s maritime claims in the South China Sea.
Although the PCA ruling was final and legally binding under Unclos, China has rejected the decision as “null and void” and continued to build artificial islands around the Spratly Islands and interfered with the Philippines’ maritime activities.
The secretary read the slip line by line and offered sharp retorts to each point. When the note claimed that arbitration violated fundamental international law, he shot back, “So what you’re saying is Unclos violates international law? That’s what you mean.”
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Philippines | China | Gilberto Teodoro | Geopilitics | South China Sea | Beijing | Firstpost
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