BEIJING: China warned the Philippines on
Wednesday not to "internationalise" the two countries' simmering territorial
dispute in the South China Sea, as US and Philippine forces staged war games in
the area.
China has been locked in a maritime dispute with the
Philippines over the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, a body of water
considered a potential Asian flashpoint due to the overlapping claims of
several nations.
"Internationalising this issue will only
complicate and magnify the situation," Chinese foreign ministry spokesman
Liu Weimin told reporters in response to a question about the current situation
in the dispute.
"We do not wish to see the Philippines get
other countries involved and get them to take sides over the issue."
He spoke as US and Filipino soldiers staged an
operation in which they stormed the Philippine island of Palawan in a war
exercise not far from the real-life maritime standoff.
For the past two weeks, Chinese patrol vessels have
prevented the Philippines from arresting alleged poachers in the disputed
waters around the Scarborough Shoal.
A Philippine military official stressed the exercise
was not a veiled threat against China, which has protested US moves to boost
its military presence in the region.
China claims all of the South China Sea as a
historic part of its territory, even waters close to the coasts of the
Philippines and other Southeast Asian countries.
The Philippines has complained over the past two
years that China has become increasingly aggressive in staking its claim to the
waters, with tensions spiking over the Scarborough Shoal standoff.
- AFP/al
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