Philippines vows to ignore China maritime law, seeks US help | South China Sea News | Al Jazeera


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Philippine defence chief visits Washington, DC to press for a comprehensive review of mutual defence treaty, lobby for advance military equipment. Filipino soldiers take positions as a US military helicopter takes off during war games between the two countries' militaries at a camp in the northern Philippines [File: Erik De Castro/Reuters] 10 Sep 2021 facebook twitter whatsapp Philippine Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has promised that Manila will ignore China’s amended maritime law, which now requires foreign vessels sailing in the South China Sea to report their information to Chinese authorities. “Our stand on that is we do not honour those...