Marcos Says Philippines Won’t Send Warships

Philippines to continue resupply missions in S.China Sea, won't escalate situation
MANILA (Reuters) -Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Tuesday that the country will not send its navy to support Filipino fishers in a contested shoal in the South China Sea despite a recent incident with Chinese vessels.
US, allies send message to Beijing over South China Sea clashes with the Philippines
Mira Rapp-Hooper, director for East Asia and Oceania at the U.S. National Security Council, speaks in Tokyo at a maritime dialogue involving the United States, Japan and the Philippines, Dec. 10, 2024. (Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes)
Marcos Says Philippines Won’t Send Warships After China Clashes
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said his nation won’t deploy Navy warships to the South China Sea in response to recent clashes with Beijing in disputed waters.
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China and the Philippines gave conflicting versions on Wednesday of a maritime confrontation around a contested shoal in the South China Sea, the latest row in a longstanding dispute between the neighbours.
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Philippines’ Marcos Jnr rejects call to send warships to South China Sea: ‘we’re not at war’
President says such a move in response to clash with Chinese vessels in Scarborough Shoal will be provocative and seen as an escalation.
Philippines to continue resupply missions in South China Sea, won’t escalate situation
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Tuesday that the country will continue its resupply missions in the South China Sea without the need to deploy the navy, despite a recent incident with Chinese vessels.
Marcos rejects sending warships to West Philippine Sea
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday thumbed down the deployment of Philippine Navy warships in the West Philippine Sea.
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Philippines Will Not Deploy Navy in Stand-offs With China, Marcos Says
Chinese ships, including a navy vessel, confronted Philippine vessels close to a disputed shoal in the South China Sea.
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