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UPDATE 1-U.S., Philippine top diplomats express concerns over Chinese militia boats

Published 04/09/2021, 10:19 AM
Updated 04/09/2021, 10:20 AM
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WASHINGTON, April 8 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State
Antony Blinken and Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro
Locsin, in a phone call on Thursday, expressed their shared
concerns about Chinese militia vessels in South China Sea, the
U.S. State Department said in a statement.
Blinken also reaffirmed that a U.S.-Philippine Mutual
Defense Treaty applied to the South China Sea, the statement
said.
The Philippines has described the presence of hundreds of
Chinese boats inside its 200-mile exclusive economic zone at
Whitsun Reef in the South China Sea as "swarming and
threatening." Chinese diplomats have said the boats were sheltering from
rough seas and no militia were aboard.
Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, China and Vietnam
have competing territorial claims in the South China Sea,
through which at least $3.4 trillion of annual trade passes.



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