MANILA — 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
