CHINESE navy vessels monitored the joint maritime exercise of the Philippines with its allies Australia, Japan, New Zealand and the United States in the West Philippine Sea, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said on Sunday.

AFP spokesman Col. Francel Margareth Padilla said the military monitored People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) vessels in the vicinity of the exercise on Saturday.

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