MANILA, Philippines—A clearance for Chinese survey ship Jia Geng to take shelter off Catanduanes was sought only after it entered Philippine waters, a timeline from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) showed.
Based on the timeline posted by Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Twitter on Tuesday (Feb. 2), Jia Geng entered the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) on Wednesday (Jan. 27).
On Thursday (Jan. 28), Locsin saidthe Philippine embassy in Beijing relayed a phoned in request to allow the Chinese marine research vessel to take shelter in Cabugao Bay. Around this time, Jia Geng was already approaching the vicinity of Bato,…
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