The crews of the Indian Navy and Philippine have sailed together for the first time at the Southern China Sea, managers announced on Monday, one of the many joint exercises that the Philippine Navy kept to counter the large -scale maritime claims of China.
The two -day joint sail included three Indian ships. He started on Sunday, one day before Philippin Prime Minister Ferdinand Marcos left for a five -day state visit to New Delhi who will include talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Before leaving, Marcos praised the “shared values” of the two countries and “firmness in the maintenance of international maritime law”.
China claims that almost the entire Sea of Southern China, a path of critical expedition which is also partially claimed by the Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam, despite an international court in arbitration in 2016, judging that its affirmations had “no legal basis”. Beijing did not accept the decision.
A spokesman for the Chinese army said on Monday that Chinese ships had made patrols in the Southern China Sea during the same period as joint exercises. The spokesman said these patrols were “routine”, but said joint exercises “disrupted regional peace and stability”.
The Philippines have put pressure on the disputed navigable path in recent months, promulgating new laws, pushing a maritime code of conduct and considering new international proceedings. Since 2023, he has conducted joint exercises with partners such as the United States, Japan, Australia, France and Canada.
This year, Manila and Beijing expressed their quarrel in the physical world – with the coastal guard of each country which deployed a flag on a sandblad on in April – and in the cyberspace, playing on an update labeling of Google Maps part of the “Western Philippine Sea”.
Includes agency reports France-Presse and Reuters.