PH needs world support on sea row – Defense exec

AN official of the Department of National Defense told a recent Japan-Asean Vice-Ministerial Meeting that the Philippines needs the support of the international community as Beijing remained recalcitrant in not recognizing and abiding by an international tribunal ruling against its sweeping claims to the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea).

At the same meeting, Defense Undersecretary Ricardo David called on China to comply with the ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration fundamentally declaring China’s 9-dash line as having no basis in international law, specifically the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea or Unclos.