MANILA (AFP): The Philippines said Monday (March 14) it had confronted Beijing's ambassador after a Chinese navy ship was caught illegally "lingering" in the South-East Asian nation's waters, in the latest diplomatic row between the two countries.
The Department of Foreign Affairs has summoned China's top diplomat to Manila to protest the Chinese Navy's incursion in the Sulu Sea earlier this year.
The Philippines said Monday it had confronted Beijing's ambassador after a Chinese navy ship was caught illegally "lingering" in the Southeast Asian nation's waters, in the latest diplomatic row between the two countries.
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The Department of Foreign Affairs summoned yesterday Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian over the People’s Liberation Army-Navy vessel’s illegal incursion and lingering presence in the Sulu Sea.