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原文地址：Philippines deploys new coast guard ship to Sabina Shoal, defying China’s demands for withdrawal
新闻日期：2024-09-15
菲律宾派遣新近的一艘岸警卫舰前往薩比納礁，以替换刚完成五个月驻守任务、上周返回港口的 Teresa Magbanua 舰。此举可能会让中国感到不悦。
中国海关卫队表示，如果未能顺利撤离 Teresa Magbanua 岸警卫舰，它将继续在南中国海执行执法活动，捍卫其领土主权和海洋权益。
菲律宾政府上周与中国进行高级谈判，重新强调了对薩比納礁的立场。而中国则再次要求撤离 Teresa Magbanua 舰。
Lucas Bersamin 表示，Teresa Magbanua 岸警卫舰将驻守萨比納礁，以捍卫国家主权。
萨比納礁（中国称为东沙礁）距离菲律宾帕拉沃省西南方约93英里，位于菲国专属经济区内。Teresa Magbanua 舰在该处的存在让北京感到不满，使萨比納礁成为南中国海争议水域的最新热点。
原文摘要：
The Philippines said it was sending a vessel to Sabina Shoal to replace a coast guard ship that returned to port on Sunday after a five-month deployment at the contested feature in the South China Sea, in a swap that would likely irk China. Beijing had demanded the Philippines withdraw the 318-foot coast guard vessel Teresa Magbanua it claimed was “illegally stranded” at the atoll, which it asserts it owns as part of its broader claim to nearly the entire South China Sea. “The Philippine side’s actions have seriously infringed on China’s territorial sovereignty,” Liu Dejun, a spokesperson for China’s coast guard said in a statement on Sunday about what it referred to as Manila’s “withdrawal” of its ship. A TIMELINE OF CLASHES BETWEEN CHINA AND THE PHILIPPINES IN SOUTH CHINA SEA, FOLLOWING LATEST SHIP COLLISION Teresa Magbanua, which was deployed at Sabina Shoal to monitor what Manila suspects to be China’s small-scale land reclamation activities in the area, has returned to port as its mission has been accomplished, the Philippine Coast Guard and National Maritime Council (NMC) said. “Another will immediately take over,” NMC spokesperson Alexander Lopez said, citing an order from the Philippine Coast Guard chief. “Definitely, we will keep our presence there.” Sabina Shoal, which China refers to as Xianbin Reef and the Philippines as the Escoda Shoal, lies 93 miles west of the Philippine province of Palawan, well within the country’s exclusive economic zone. Teresa Magbanua’s presence there has angered Beijing, turning the shoal into the latest flashpoint in the contested waterway. Manila and Beijing have traded accusations of intentional ramming of each others’ vessels near Sabina last month, just after reaching a pact on resupply missions to a beached Filipino naval ship in the Second Thomas Shoal. Teresa Magbanua’s return was necessary for the medical needs of its crew and to undergo repairs, and once it has been resupplied and repaired, it will resume its mission, along with other coast guard and military assets “as defenders of our sovereignty,” Lucas Bersamin, executive secretary and NMC chairman said in a statement. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The move followed high-level talks between Manila and Beijing in China last week when the Philippines reaffirmed its position on Sabina and China reiterated its demand that the vessel be withdrawn. China’s coast guard said it would continue to carry out law enforcement activities in the waters under Beijing’s jurisdiction in accordance with the law and safeguard its territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests. China claims sovereignty over most of the South China Sea, overlapping into maritime zones of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam. In 2016, the Hague arbitration tribunal voided China’s expansive and historical claims, a decision Beijing rejects.
