Malacañang on Friday said that like any country, the United States was “entitled to freedom of navigation” in the South China Sea, as it commented on the port call of the US aircraft carrier, USS Carl Vinson, in Manila.
Malacañang on Friday said that like any country, the United States was “entitled to freedom of navigation” in the South China Sea, as it commented on the port call of the US aircraft carrier, USS Carl Vinson, in Manila.
At the same time, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque expressed hopes that the carrier’s voyage to the disputed waterway would not lead to any conflict.
“All vessels, including aircraft carriers, are entitled to freedom of navigation in the [West Philippine Sea, the part of the South China Sea within the country’s 370-kilometer exclusive economic zone],” Roque said in a statement.
