THE Philippines expressed its displeasure to China over the "intentional" ramming by a China Coast Guard vessel into the BRP Teresa Magbanua in Escoda Shoal over the weekend, even as Japan, Australia and the European Union called out Beijing for its "dangerous actions" in the South China Sea.

"We have made the necessary approaches to China in terms of contacting them through various means to express our complaint and displeasure at what happened," said Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo on the sidelines of the opening of the 2024 National Peace Consciousness Month.

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