Philippines says US to protect it in South China Sea
- Published: 9 May 2012 at 13.48
- Online news: Asia
The Philippines said Wednesday the United States had pledged to protect it from attacks in the South China Sea, a day after China issued a warning over a territorial row in the waters.
Activists protest in front of the Chinese Consular Office in Manila, in April 2012, demanding the Chinese government to immediately pull out from Scarborough Shoal. The Philippines said Wednesday the United States had pledged to protect it from attacks in the South China Sea, a day after China issued a warning over a territorial row in the waters.
Defence Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said he had received the assurances during talks in Washington last week in which the Philippines' increasingly tense dispute with China over rival claims to a shoal in the sea were discussed.
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