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Security Adviser Carlos recommends filing of note verbale vs China

NATIONAL Security Adviser Clarita Carlos on Tuesday said she recommended to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., to file a note verbale against Beijing, following an incident involving a Chinese coast guard and a Philippine naval station team near the Pagasa Island in the West Philippine Sea.

In a radio interview, Secretary Carlos said she can only make public the note verbale but not the others.

National Security Adviser Dr. Clarita Carlos salutes during a visit to the national headquarters of the Philippine Coast Guard on Monday, July 18, 2022. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN