(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) BEIJING, June 20 (KUNA) -- The China Coast Guard (CCG) on Friday expelled the official Philippine vessel 3006 from China's territorial waters around Huangyan Dao in accordance with relevant laws and regulations, a CCG spokesperson said.
According to the Chinese News Agency (Xinhua), the Philippine vessel disregarded China's repeated dissuasion and warnings, insisting on approaching and intruding into Chinese territorial waters around Huangyan Dao, said spokesperson Liu Dejun.
The CCG employed gradually escalating measures, including verbal warnings, tracking, monitoring and expulsion actions, as well as water cannon warning shots, to expel the Philippine ship. All on-site actions were professional, standardized and legitimate, Liu noted.
The CCG will take all necessary measures in accordance with the law to resolutely safeguard national territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests, the spokesperson noted.
Recently, the relations between Beijing and Manila have witnessed escalating tension in the South China Sea, where there has been an exchange of accusations between the two sides in recent days, after the Philippines sent ships to the waters near the Panyu and Jianzhang coral islands of the Nansha Qiandao Islands, in a move that China saw as an infringement on its sovereignty and an undermining of regional peace and stability. (end)
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