The number of Chinese vessels has increased in the West Philippines Sea amid Balikatan, the joint military exercise of the Philippines and United States, the Philippine Navy said on Tuesday.
“Our monitoring for the past two months for March and April has given us a fairly constant—from a low of 33 and a high of 69, and average of 60 various vessels of China,” Philippine Navy spokesperson for the WPS Commodore Roy Vincent Trinidad said in a press conference.“Only for this week that we have seen a surge of up to a total of 124. Three People’s Liberation Army Navy and Coast Guard having 10. This coincides with Balikatan. This upsurge is out of the normal,” he added.
“China's militia ships have turned back in the direction of Mischief Reef after loitering just outside the Philippines' 24 nautical miles contiguous zone,” Powell said.“Very odd behavior. Perhaps intended to send a message at the beginning of the PH-US Balikatan exercise?” he added.The Philippines and the US on Monday officially started their annual joint military exercise or Balikatan for this year, which includes its first multilateral maritime exercise.
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