Another Chinese gray ship was spotted on Sunday morning, apparently continuing to keep track of the multilateral maritime exercise (MME) being conducted off Palawan as part of this year’s “Balikatan” (shoulder-to-shoulder) war games.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines assured that it remains unbothered by the presence of People’s Liberation Army Navy vessels near the exercise area and said that the Philippine military was, likewise, monitoring the movements of the Chinese ships in the area.
AFP Western Command (Wescom) spokesperson Capt. Ariel Joseph Coloma told reporters that a Chinese vessel, with bow number 578, was sighted some seven to eight nautical miles of the Philippine, American and French naval ships participating in the MME off the northern part of Palawan.
Coloma pointed out that while he was not privy to the purpose of the presence of the Chinese ship, “We are monitoring them and we record then we report whatever our ships are monitoring in the area.”
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The Armed Forces of the Philippines assured that it remains unbothered by the presence of People’s Liberation Army Navy vessels near the exercise area and said that the Philippine military was, likewise, monitoring the movements of the Chinese ships in the area.
AFP Western Command (Wescom) spokesperson Capt. Ariel Joseph Coloma told reporters that a Chinese vessel, with bow number 578, was sighted some seven to eight nautical miles of the Philippine, American and French naval ships participating in the MME off the northern part of Palawan.
Coloma pointed out that while he was not privy to the purpose of the presence of the Chinese ship, “We are monitoring them and we record then we report whatever our ships are monitoring in the area.”
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China vessel stalks multilateral maritime exercise warships off Palawan
Another Chinese gray ship was spotted on Sunday morning, apparently continuing to keep track of the multilateral maritime exercise (MME) being conducted
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