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Philippines summons China ambassador over drawing of South China Sea baselines

MANILA — The Philippines’ foreign ministry said on Wednesday it had summoned China’s ambassador to protest Beijing’s drawing of baselines around the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. READ: Chinese military patrols waters, airspace of disputed shoal in South China Sea “The said baselines infringe upon Philippine sovereignty and contravene international law,” the ministry said in a statement. [...]The post Philippines summons China ambassador over drawing of South China Sea baselines appeared first on Interaksyon.

MANILA — The Philippines’ foreign ministry said on Wednesday it had summoned China’s ambassador to protest Beijing’s drawing of baselines around the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. READ: Chinese military patrols waters, airspace of disputed shoal in South China Sea “The said baselines infringe upon Philippine sovereignty and contravene international law,” the ministry said in a statement. —Reporting by Neil Jerome Morales; Editing by Martin Petty.