Chinese embassy official summoned over West PH Sea 'harassment'

By Bernadette E. Tamayo

May 31, 2022 1:44 pm

THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said it has summoned a senior official from the Chinese Embassy over the alleged 'harassment' of a Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) ship on a Taiwanese-manned research vessel in the West Philippine Sea in March.

In a statement late Monday night, the DFA said it 'takes appropriate diplomatic action for violations of Philippine sovereignty, sovereign rights within our maritime jurisdiction.'

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