MANILA: The Philippines filed a claim with the UN on Saturday (Jun 15) to an extended continental shelf (ECS) in the South China Sea, a waterway where it has had increasingly confrontational maritime disputes with China.
An aerial view shows the Philippine-occupied Thitu Island, locally known as Pag-asa, in the contested Spratly Islands, South China Sea, Marc 9, 2023. MANILA: The Philippines filed a claim with the UN on Saturday to an extended continental shelf in the South China Sea, a waterway where it has had increasingly confrontational maritime disputes with China.
China claims almost the entire South China Sea, including parts claimed by the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam. Portions of the strategic waterway, where US$3 trillion worth of trade passes annually, are believed to be rich in oil and natural gas deposits, as well as fish stocks. In its confrontations with the Philippine government and fishing vessels, China's coastguard has stepped up the use of water cannon, collision and ramming tactics and, according to Manila, the use of a military-grade laser. An armada of Chinese fishing boats is considered by the Philippines and its allies to be a sea militia.
The submission, cleared by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, follows a comprehensive technical and scientific study of the continental shelf in the West Philippine Sea, the foreign ministry said, referring to a part of the South China Sea within its 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone.
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