That was the statement by US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in a recent phone call with his Philippine counterpart Hermogenes Esperon, according to the report. The Philippine Star 22.2 today cited the announcement of a phone call from the spokeswoman for the US National Security Council, Emily Horne. Mr. Sullivan also affirmed the decision of the international arbitration court in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
On July 12, 2016, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) announced the ruling of an international arbitral tribunal that China had no legal basis to claim historical rights to the “nine-dash line” (the language line). Cow) in the South China Sea. However, China has opposed this decision.
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In the same phone call, the two national security advisers, Sullivan and Esperon, discussed opportunities to strengthen the alliance between the United States and the Philippines, according to spokesman Horne.
The phone call came almost a month after Philippine Foreign Minister Teddy Locsin announced on Twitter that he had submitted a diplomatic note protesting Beijing’s enactment of the January 22 Customs Law, that allows the police to open fire on foreign ships in the so-called waters. they are under Chinese jurisdiction, calling that law a “threat of war.”