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Malacañan said Thursday President Rodrigo Duttelf said he was always consistent with China transactions, as the Beijing unilaterally exploited the resources unilaterally, as the Prime Minister issued a warning.

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President Duterte warned China not to drill oil and other resources in the western Philippine Sea, saying there was the possibility of leading to war

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President Rodrigo Duterte insisted that this could lead to war and warned China not to drill in the western Philippine Sea during the conflict to mine oil.

The Philippine Army is preparing to better defend the waters of the country by having the army participate in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

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Since colonial era, this country was a traditional maritime user. In the archipelago countries managed by the Philippine Port Authority, there are four harbor concentrated areas. These areas are West Philippine Seaport Area, Philippine Seaport Area, Celebes Port Area, Inland Seaport Area. There are hundreds of harbors in each region, providing domestic and foreign vessels and other maritime transport The land transport in the Philippines is managed in various ways such as trains, jeeps, tricycles, taxis, buses . Various highway networks are installed throughout the Philippines to promote land transportation. Currently, the government is constructing faster networks and trains and railways, especially in the Mindanao region.

In September 2012, President of the Philippines Benigno Aquino III signed Presidential Decree No. 29 and to use the name "West Philippine Sea" to refer to a part of the South China Sea in the Philippine exclusive economic zone including Lu I requested all government agencies. Song Island Sea, Kalayaan Island Group and Bajo de Masinloc, the inland and its surrounding waters, and the National Mapping and Resource Information Agency (NAMRIA) to use the names in the official map. In July 2017, in order to protect its sovereignty, Indonesia renamed the northern part of the exclusive economic zone of the South China Sea to the "North Natuna Sea" in the northern part of the Natuna Islands in Indonesia, and exclusive economic zones in southern Vietnam. Corresponding to the southern tip of the South China Sea, we are in contact. "Natuna Ocean" is located south of Natuna Island in the territorial waters of Indonesia

According to memo notification No. 94, March 17, 2016. In 2016, President Aquino secured state sovereignty and national territory to maintain the use and enjoyment of the West Philippine Sea for citizens of the Philippines, west to protect its waters and exclusive economic zones We established the Philippine Seaside Task Force. On July 20, 2011, the People's Republic of China, Brunei, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam agreed on a series of interim guidelines for resolving conflicts. Liu Zhenmin, Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China, said this agreement is "an important milestone document for cooperation between China and the ASEAN countries." While the oil and gas drilling problem remains unresolved, some early drafts acknowledged "marine environmental protection, scientific research, navigation and communications security, search and rescue, and fighting international crimes" .