China being assholes as always.

jaytaryela: “At around 6:30 AM, CCG 3302 fired a water cannon at the BRP Datu Pagbuaya (MMOV 3003), aiming directly at the vessel's navigational antennas while it was located 16 nautical miles south of #BajodeMasinloc.”

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wpstransparency: More than a diplomatic act, this is a clear assertion of the Philippines’ maritime rights and entitlements firmly grounded in international law and 𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐒.

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#PanatagShoal
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#UNCLOS

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“It is not surprising for China to make a gross distortion of #UNCLOS when in disregard of UNCLOS, it even falsely asserts a right to draw archipelagic baselines, even though it is not an archipelagic state,” the diplomat added.

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“These conditions do not include the situation of Bajo de Masinloc in relation to China,” the Philippine representative, who read the country’s intervention, said.

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“The Philippines reiterated that China’s use of straight baselines was illegal because it can only apply in localities where the coastline is deeply indented and cut into, or if there is a fringe of islands along the coast in its immediate vicinity.” #BajodeMasinloc
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The 🇵🇭 Philippine gov't cited the newly enacted Philippine Maritime Zones Act and Philippine Archipelagic Sea Lanes as part of Manila's compliance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ( #UNCLOS).

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"Bajo de Masinloc has always been an integral part of the territory of PH. Only PH, in the exercise of its sovereignty, has the right to establish baselines, and the breadth of territorial sea around #BajodeMasinloc, in line w/ #UNCLOS," said PH Ambassador to UN Antonio Lagdameo
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"Bajo de Masinloc has always been an integral part of the territory of PH. Only PH, in the exercise of its sovereignty, has the right to establish baselines, and the breadth of territorial sea around #BajodeMasinloc, in line w/ #UNCLOS," said PH Ambassador to UN Antonio Lagdameo
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