No plans to stay? 'Then tell them to move out,' Locsin tells China as ships still in WPS Global News


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Around 220 Chinese militia vessels were spotted moored at Julian Felipe Reef (Whitsun) in the West Philippine Sea last March 7, 2021. (NTF WPS) MANILA, Philippines — “Then tell them to move out. All of them.” Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. had this to say after the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced that China has no plans to have a “permanent presence” at the Julian Felipe (Whitsun) Reef in the West Philippine Sea, where Chinese vessels continue to stay. ADVERTISEMENT “If they’re really fishing the fish are all gone; they’re just fouling the water with waste. Nobody fishes by lashing...