Philippines summons China ambassador over drawing of South China Sea baselines

November 13, 2024 - 7:23 PM
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A video reportedly taken by a Filipino fisherman in Scarborough showed members of the Chinese coast guard boarding his boat and taking some of his catch. (Philstar/File photo)

 The Philippines’ foreign ministry said on Wednesday it had summoned China’s ambassador to protest Beijing’s drawing of baselines around the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea.

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“The said baselines infringe upon Philippine sovereignty and contravene international law,” the ministry said in a statement.

—Reporting by Neil Jerome Morales; Editing by Martin Petty