(UPDATE) FOR the first time in months, a mission to resupply Philippine troops stationed at Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea was completed on Friday without interference from Chinese ships, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) reported.

"Mission accomplished! Today, we executed a flawless rotation and resupply mission operation for BRP Sierra Madre," AFP spokesman Col. Francel Margareth Padilla posted on her Twitter account on Friday.

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