Manila accused Beijing of firing flares at the civilian aircraft
According to Webangah News quoted by Mehr News Agency According to AFP, amid the escalation of tensions between the Philippines and China in the South China Sea, the government of Manila fired back at Beijing. Manor charged towards one of the civilian patrol planes of the Philippines over the South China Sea.
Beijing claims ownership over most parts of this strategic waterway, and in recent months, it has always faced intense conflict with Manila. It is maritime and this issue has intensified the fear of armed conflict between the two countries.
Manila National Task Force in the West Sea of the Philippines claimed that at the same time as the flight of a patrol plane belonging to the “Administration Fishing and Marine Resources” of this country over the rocky island known as “Scarborough Shoal”, on August 19, a Chinese fighter overshadowed the security of the Manila plane with “irresponsible and dangerous” maneuvers.
According to the Philippines, this maneuver included the firing of several flares at a dangerous distance of about 15 meters from the Manila patrol plane. . Also, according to Manila, China repeated this action again on August 22 towards the same plane; The Philippines claims that the said plane was monitoring and intercepting poachers in the exclusive economic zone of Manila!
The Chinese Foreign Ministry, in response to these accusations, announced that two Philippine “military” planes flying They entered China’s airspace over the Sobi Coral Archipelago. Manila also claims ownership over this archipelago! The Philippines claims that this plane was a civilian.
