The China Coast Guard (CCG) announced on Friday that it had expelled the Philippine vessel 3006 from China's territorial waters around Huangyan Dao in the South China Sea, in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.
Footage released by the Chinese social media account Yuyuan Tantian shows CCG vessels surrounding the Philippine ship on three sides and using water cannon warning shots to drive it away.
The Philippine vessel disregarded repeated dissuasion and warnings, insisting on approaching and intruding into Chinese territorial waters around Huangyan Dao, a CCG spokesperson said.
The CCG employed gradually escalating measures, including verbal warnings, tracking, monitoring, and expulsion tactics, to expel the Philippine vessel. Spokesperson Liu Dejun stated that all actions taken on site were professional, standardized, and legitimate.
The actions of the Philippine vessel seriously infringed upon China's sovereignty and constituted a grave violation of international law and relevant provisions of Chinese law, Liu added, while stressing that frequent provocations and harassment by the Philippine side cannot alter the fact that Huangyan Dao belongs to China.
The CCG will take all necessary measures in accordance with the law to resolutely safeguard national territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests, the spokesperson said.
China Coast Guard expels intruding Philippine vessel from waters near Huangyan Dao
China Coast Guard expels intruding Philippine vessel from waters near Huangyan Dao
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said on Monday that the situation in Iran is "under total control" following violence linked to protests that spiked over the weekend.
Addressing foreign diplomats in Tehran, the foreign minister noted that armed terrorist groups had infiltrated the protests, attempting to divert them from their legitimate course. He claimed that evidence has been gathered showing Iranian security forces being shot at, with the aim of causing further casualties. He accused the United States and Israel of exploiting the unrest to interfere in Iran's internal affairs.
Araghchi further stated that the government is closely monitoring developments on the streets, emphasizing that "the situation has come under control." He also affirmed that internet services, curtailed during the unrest, would be restored after coordination with security agencies.
The government has engaged in dialogue with merchants and protest representatives and initiated reforms to address grievances related to price hikes and currency depreciation. Iran has taken a series of actions and measures to respond to the demands of peaceful demonstrators, the foreign minister said.
Earlier on Sunday, Araghchi said that clear evidence links recent riots and vandalism of public facilities in Iran to the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. This came after former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo mentioned Mossad agents operating on Iran's streets in a social media post. The Iranian foreign minister asserted that police are being attacked by "terrorists" acting under the direction of Israeli operatives, whom Pompeo publicly acknowledged.
The protests initially erupted over a sharp depreciation of the rial and sweeping subsidy reforms. Iranian authorities have blamed the unrest on foreign-linked agents and U.S. sanctions.
Iranian foreign minister says situation "fully under control," accuses Israeli intelligence of stoking unrest
