HINDI kinikilala ng Pilipinas ang bagong “10-dash line” map na inilabas ng China na sumasakop sa Taiwan at malaking bahagi ng West Philippine Sea (WPS).
Ito ang inihayag ni National Security Adviser Eduardo Año sa isang press conference sa Malacañang nitong Huwebes, Agosto 31, 2023.
Aniya, hindi kinikilala ng Pilipinas ang 10-dash line ng Beijing dahil “final and binding” na ang 2016 Arbitral Award.
“First of all we do not recognize the ten-dashed line. We do not even recognize the nine-dashed line much more the 10-dashed line. The Arbitral Award is final and binding and it gives us our marine entitlement, our extended economic zone, our territorial waters and even our extended continental shelf,” pahayag ni Sec. Eduardo Año, National Security Adviser.
Dagdag pa ni Año, marami na ring mga bansa ang umalma sa 10-dashed line na ito.
“There are already a lot of countries that adversely reacted to this 10-dashed line: India and Malaysia, and there would be more countries I think to react adversely against this 10-dashed line,” ayon pa kay Año.
Iginiit naman ni Año na patuloy na poprotektahan ng gobyerno ang integridad ng teritoryo at pambansang soberanya ng Pilipinas.
Binigyang-diin din ni Año na ang Sandatahang Lakas ay gagawin ang lahat ng kapasidad nito upang matiyak na maprotektahan ang pambansang interes.
“Our Armed Forces, our uniformed services, our government will do everything in its capacity to ensure that we are protecting our national interest. So again, we do not recognized the 10-dashed line issued by the Chinese government,” giit ni Año.
Sa press briefing naman sa Malacañang, sinabi ni Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Assistant Secretary Daniel Espiritu na naghain na ang Pilipinas ng diplomatic protest hinggil sa isyu.
“But suffice it to say that we already protested against that ‘no. Definitely we’re not in favor of that, we reject that and we continue to promote a peaceful settlement of disputes in that regard,” saad ni Asec. Daniel Espiritu, DFA.
