PH: No reports of Chinese activities on West PH Sea

THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has maintained that the Philippines did not receive any reports of island building or land reclamation in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) when it was preparing a joint communiqué for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean).

This was the clarification issued by DFA in response to the August 9 report of the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) claiming that China’s reclamation activities in certain territories in the South China Sea have not stopped.