Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
DEFENSE Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Thursday maintained that the Philippines has sovereign rights over Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal as it is within the nation's exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
Reacting to a Chinese foreign ministry statement that Ayungin Shoal is part of China's territory, Lorenzana pointed out that the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos) set the guidelines in regard to exclusive economic zones. Beijing is a signatory to the convention.
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