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𝐍𝐎 𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐌 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐃𝐎𝐔𝐁𝐓: 𝐏𝐇𝐈��𝐈𝐏𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐌 𝐎𝐍 𝐖𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐏𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐀 𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒 The Philippine government has reaffirmed that its 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐚 remains 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦, 𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐚𝐰. 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐞��𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐨 𝐀ñ𝐨 emphasized that the 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲’𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬—including 𝐁𝐚𝐣𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩—are clearly established 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐞 (𝐄𝐄𝐙) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐥. “International law serves as the great equalizer of all nations,” Secretary Año said, adding that it ensures smaller states like the Philippines have the same voice and protection as more powerful countries. He added that the 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠—𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢��𝐠 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 which aims to ensure that all coastal states, regardless of size, respect their rights and fulfill their responsibilities under international law. #WestPhilippineSea #WPSTransparency #InternationalLaw #PhilippineCoastGuard #Transparencyinitiative