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PH ending joint patrols with US in SCS/WPS?; (re-titled thread)
Topic Started: Jan 15 2016, 12:31 PM (2,056 Views)
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AFP still conducting EEZ patrols

Philippines News Agency

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MANILA, Oct. 12 (PNA)

This was confirmed by Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) public affairs office chief Col. Edgard Arevalo in briefing Wednesday.

He made this statement in wake of Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio's advice not to limit patrolling to the country's territorial waters which only covers 12 nautical miles.

Arevalo said sovereignty patrols are still conducted on the country's EEZ as the Philippines has vast maritime interest in the area which includes the Malampaya oil separation platform which lies off Palawan and supplies a huge part of Luzon's energy requirement.

"We are conducting patrols off Malampaya, we have ships deployed there, and in fact, we also have a Task Force Malampaya those primary obligation is to secure the safety and operation of the Malampaya facility," he said in Filipino.
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