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Chinese flags wave with Philippine flags along Roxas Boulevard in Manila on November 19, 2018. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File

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Katrina Domingo

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1719369523284171929591288020181119-chinese-flag-xi-jinping-state-visit-MD-8757.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Chinese flags wave with Philippine flags along Roxas Boulevard in Manila on November 19, 2018. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Chinese flags wave with Philippine flags along Roxas Boulevard in Manila on November 19, 2018. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA (UPDATED) — The Philippines is seeking to promote peace and stability “without sacrificing our sovereign rights and our sovereignty,” Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo said on Wednesday.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/6/25/philippines-eyes-china-talks-after-violent-sea-clash-1410">• Philippines eyes China talks after violent sea clash</a></div><p>Enrique made the statement a day after announcing that the DFA is working to mount talks with China over recent violence in the West Philippine Sea.</p><p>Manalo earlier told reporters that the DFA is seeking to convene the Philippines-China Bilateral Consultation Mechanism (BCM) to establish &quot;confidence-building measures&quot; that can create the basis for &quot;more serious discussions&quot;.</p><p>“We are committed to peace and stability and we will do whatever we can to promote that without sacrificing our sovereign rights and our sovereignty,” Manalo told reporters on the sidelines of the East-West Center’s International Media Conference here.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/6/25/ph-should-seek-international-censure-vs-chinese-coast-guard-expert-1601">• PH should seek international censure vs Chinese Coast Guard: expert</a></div><p>When asked if the DFA has summoned Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian, Manalo said: “We have already sent a note verbale.”</p><p>The Philippines has repeatedly sent notes verbale and diplomatic protests to China over the years to call out its illegal incursions and dangerous maneuvers in the West Philippine Sea, but Beijing continued to harass Filipino fisherfolk operating within the country’s exclusive economic zone.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/29/china-out-of-their-mind-for-imposing-fishing-ban-in-disputed-sea-ph-navy-1326">• China &#x27;out of their mind&#x27; for imposing &#x27;unilateral&#x27; fishing ban in disputed sea: PH Navy</a></div><p>Also on Wednesday, the Philippine Coast Guard said they are ready to hold a dialogue with their counterparts from China to discuss the Chinese Coast Guard’s continuing aggression against Philippine vessels in the West Philippine Sea.</p><p>PCG Spokesperson Rear Admiral Armand Balilo made the statement following the June 17 incident when the Chinese Coast Guard violently blocked a resupply mission to a Philippine Navy Outpost in Ayungin Shoal.</p><p>&quot;Maganda rin yung people to people exchange, at sabihin mo ng harap-harapan, sa mga katunggali mo, o yung may isyu ka, &#x27;Ito &#x27;yung mga ginagawa nyo, at tigilan nyo yan.&#x27; At sabihin nyo ang gusto nyo, at importante rito ay magkausap,&quot; Balilo said.</p><p>&quot;Walang iniiwan yan sa magkapitbahay na merong pinag-aawayan at pumunta kayo sa barangay para mag-usap at sabihin ninyo ang mga nararamdaman nyo at baka sakali meron kayong point na mapagkasunduan nyo,&quot; he added.</p><p>The PCG official however said that this will depend on the decision of the Foreign Affairs Department</p><p>Balilo also assured fishermen of the continued presence of the Philippine Coast Guard in Bajo de Masinloc amid the continued harassment and bullying of the Chinese.</p><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/171936967911920240626-3-east-west-imc-FSJ-8603.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo delivers a message at the East-West Center International Media Conference 2024 at the PICC in Manila on June 24, 2024. Fernando G. Sepe Jr., ABS-CBN News"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo delivers a message at the East-West Center International Media Conference 2024 at the PICC in Manila on June 24, 2024.<em> Fernando G. Sepe Jr., ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></div><p>Earlier this month, Chinese Coast Guard ships <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/6/19/knives-looting-severed-thumb-philippines-details-fresh-confrontation-with-china-1613">axed, looted</a> and rammed Philippine Navy vessels delivering fresh supplies to troops aboard the BRP Sierra Madre, Manila’s lone outpost in the resource-rich area.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/6/17/philippine-ship-chinese-vessel-collide-in-south-china-sea-beijing-936">• Philippine, Chinese ships collide near hotspot reef: Beijing</a> </div><p>The incident left several Filipino sailors hurt, including one who lost a finger during the scuffle.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/6/19/how-ph-navy-officer-lost-a-finger-during-china-ramming-incident-in-ayungin-1809">• How PH Navy officer lost a finger during China ramming incident in Ayungin</a></div><p>While Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro underscored that the incident was neither an <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/6/21/china-s-latest-aggression-vs-ph-not-considered-armed-attack-bersamin-1829">accident nor a misunderstanding</a>, Manila still refused to invoke its Mutual Defense Treaty with the United States.</p><p>The treaty guarantees that one party will come to the aid of the other in the event of an armed attack.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/6/18/us-reaffirms-defense-pact-with-ph-after-recent-china-collision-in-ayungin-1351">• US reaffirms defense pact with PH after recent China &#x27;collision&#x27; in Ayungin</a></div><p>“We still believe in the primacy of dialogue, and diplomacy should prevail even in the face of these serious incidents, though I admit it&#x27;s also a challenge,&quot; Manalo earlier said.</p><p>In 2016, an international arbitration court invalidated China’s sweeping claims in the South China Sea, and called Beijing’s 9-dash line map as baseless.</p><p>But Asia’s largest economy refused to heed the ruling and continued to deploy military assets and coast guard vessels to other countries’ exclusive economic zones, and deterred several fisherfolk from operating in traditional fishing grounds.</p><p>Despite China’s consistent record of snubbing the 2016 Hague ruling and provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seas (UNCLOS), Manalo said he remains hopeful that Manila and Beijing can still have a productive “big dialogue” next month.</p><p>“We have the side of the law on our side that is why I am optimistic,” he said. -- <strong>with a report from Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News</strong></p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MGYxMaxOMWA?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>Enrique made the statement a day after announcing that the DFA is working to mount talks with China over recent violence in the West Philippine Sea.</p>

Enrique made the statement a day after announcing that the DFA is working to mount talks with China over recent violence in the West Philippine Sea.

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PH will not sacrifice sovereign rights in seeking ‘big dialogue’ with China: DFA

Katrina Domingo,

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Published Jun 26, 2024 11:32 AM PHT

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Updated Jun 26, 2024 04:16 PM PHT

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