The Philippine president responded and defended the Philippines' Actions in the West Philippine Sea from a misleading question from a Chinese General during the 21st International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-La Dialogue

Question and Answer Session at the 21st IISS Shangri-La Dialogue

Keynote Address of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. for the 21st IISS Shangri-La Dialogue.

In the West Philippine Sea, we are on the frontlines of efforts to assert the integrity of the UNCLOS as a Constitution of the Oceans. We have defined our territory and maritime zones in a manner befitting a responsible and law-abiding member of the international community. We have submitted our assertions to rigorous legal scrutiny by the world’s leading jurists.

So, the lines that we draw on our waters are not derived from just our imagination, but from international law. We have on our side the 1982 UNCLOS and the binding 2016 Arbitral Award, which affirm what is ours by legal right.

In this solid footing and through our clear moral ascendancy, we find the strength to do whatever it takes to protect our sovereign home — to the last square inch, to the last square millimeter. The life-giving waters of the West Philippine Sea flow in the blood of every Filipino. We cannot allow anyone to detach it from the totality of the maritime domain that renders our nation whole.


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