The Depart­ment of For­eign Affairs (DFA) said on Thursday, May 29, that the Phil­ip­pines will con­tinue to con­duct mari­time secur­ity oper­a­tions and research activ­it­ies in the Kalay­aan Island Group (KIG), which includes the Pag-asa Island and Pag-asa Cays, despite claims by China. In a statement from the office of DFA spokesperson Ma. Teresita Daza, the DFA reiterated the Philippines' jurisdiction on the KIG features in the South China Sea.

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