Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte asked China on Tuesday to dispatch sea patrols to help stop Islamic State militants from abducting sailors and attacking vessels.
„I also asked China if they can patrol the international waters without necessarily intruding into the territorial waters of countries,“ Duterte said.
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„I said even coast guard cutters would do, just to patrol, like what they did in Somalia,“ he continued. It could be recalled that Beijing sent a naval convoy to the Gulf of Aden in 2009 to protect Chinese ships from Somali pirates.
He said that Beijing could help safeguard trade routes in Southeast Asia, especially in the Malacca Strait and Sulu Sea.
