PUBLISHED: 07:39 EDT, 5 April 2021
UPDATED: 07:46 EDT, 5 April 2021
The presence of the vessels could ignite 'unwanted hostilities', a top aide to the Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned today, intensifying the diplomatic spat over the ships.
Duterte's top legal counsel Salvador Panelo warned China's 'present territorial incursions is producing an unwelcome stain in their bond and may trigger unwanted hostilities that both countries would rather not pursue.'
'The matter of territorial dispute has to be resolved in the diplomatic negotiating table or by the dictates of international law,' Panelo said in a statement.
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