China was in an attack mode at the United Nations headquarters in New York when it accused the Philippines before the world body of deceiving the international community and committing “erroneous actions” that stirred tensions in the South China Sea.
Ambassador Wang Min, head of the Chinese Delegation at the 25th Meeting of States Parties to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (SPLOS) was so infuriated when he delivered his response to the accusations made by his Filipino counterpart at the UN Ambassador Lourdes Yparraguirre, that he was unable to call the Philippines by its name referring to it only as “that country.”
According to Ambassador Wang, the very purpose of the Philippines in “talking at length about the South China Sea issue” at the annual SPLOS was to “deceive the international community and pressure China into making compromises and concessions on issues concerning its sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
“Let me make this very clear to that country here,” he lashed, “its calculations are totally wrong.”
“China’s will safeguard her sovereignty and territorial integrity is rock firm,” the Chinese diplomat went on to declare. “No matter what and how much they say at this meeting or any UN venues, they will never get their way.”
MANILA BULLETIN
