China’s coast guard has urged the Philippines to stop infringing on the country’s sovereignty after several Philippine resupply vessels entered into waters near the Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea.
It said two small Philippine transport ships and three coast guard ships entered the waters adjacent to the Second Thomas Shoal, part of the Spratly Islands, without the permission of the Chinese government.
The Philippine National Security Council said it would issue a statement soon on the resupply mission.
The shoal is in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
