President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. insists on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023 that there is no existing agreement between the Philippines and China to remove the grounded BRP Sierra Madre from Ayungin Shoal, a contested island in the West Philippine Sea, which is within the country's 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone.

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