Malacañang has welcomed the pronouncements
of four US senators supporting the Philippines’ maritime case against China.
Senators John McCain, Jack Reed, Bob Corker and Ben Cardin urged the US
government to help Manila and other Southeast Asian countries in the struggle
against Chinese maritime territorial advances. Press Secretary Herminio Coloma
Jr. said more nations have lauded the legal and peaceful move of the Philippines
to settle its maritime row with China in the West Philippine Sea/South China
Sea. The UN arbitral tribunal heard last week the arguments raised by the
Philippine panel on why it should declare it has jurisdiction over the case,
citing maritime encroachments on Manila’s 370-mile exclusive economic zone, not
to mention environmental degradation. –End-
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