TAIPEI: Taiwan yesterday protested to the Philippines for sending naval ships to disputed South China Sea islands in the latest diplomatic spat between the two governments.
“The foreign ministry expresses its serious concern and firm opposition over the Philippines’ dispatch of naval vessels to Renai (Second Thomas) Shoal in the Spratly Islands,” it said in a statement.
Taiwan’s government “denies all unlawful claims to sovereignty over, or occupation of, these areas by other countries” it said.
AFP
