Philippines says no protest as Chinese ship leaves:
MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines said Sunday it would not lodge a diplomatic protest after China extricated a naval frigate from a disputed South China Sea shoal where it had been stranded for four days.
Last week's stranding of the ship on Half Moon shoal, which Manila calls Hasa Hasa, was likely an accident, Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said.
"We don't believe that there were ill-intentions that accompanied the presence of that ship in our EEZ [exclusive economic zone]," Del Rosario said.
"As far as filing a diplomatic protest is concerned, my stance is that we will probably not do that," he said.
The ship was reportedly on "routine patrol" when it got stra...
Keep on reading: Philippines says no protest as Chinese ship leaves
MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines said Sunday it would not lodge a diplomatic protest after China extricated a naval frigate from a disputed South China Sea shoal where it had been stranded for four days.
Last week's stranding of the ship on Half Moon shoal, which Manila calls Hasa Hasa, was likely an accident, Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said.
"We don't believe that there were ill-intentions that accompanied the presence of that ship in our EEZ [exclusive economic zone]," Del Rosario said.
"As far as filing a diplomatic protest is concerned, my stance is that we will probably not do that," he said.
The ship was reportedly on "routine patrol" when it got stra...
Keep on reading: Philippines says no protest as Chinese ship leaves
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