China Coast Guard ships (background left and right) are seen past the Philippine Coast Guard ship BRP Cape Engano (centre), as photographed from the BRP Cabra during a supply mission to Sabina Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea on August 26, 2024. – Sailors aboard two Philippine Coast Guard vessels crashed through South China Sea waves trying to bring food and other supplies to colleagues holed up inside a remote ring of reefs, as Chinese ships shadowed them. - Photo: AFP
VIENTIANE: President Marcos said on Friday (Oct 11) “more than half” of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) offered some form of help to the Philippines amid China’s continued aggressions over the South China Sea.
Wrapping up his four-day trip to meet other world leaders in the capital city of Laos, Marcos said these offers included possibilities of joint exercises and continued discussions on how to keep the peace over the hotly disputed South China Sea, which other Asean members also have overlapping claims. He refused to give other specifics.
