The issue of the two Chinese vessels colliding near the Scarborough Shoal will be discussed during the upcoming bilateral consultation mechanism between the Philippines and China, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. “The issues on the bilateral is always discussing everything on the South China Sea and this is the mechanism that really works because we are the channel of communication,” DFA Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro said in an interview on Tuesday, Aug. 19. She, however, said that the DFA is still studying the possibility of filing another diplomatic protest on the Aug. 11 incident, wherein a China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel and People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) collided after attempting to block a Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) ship in the Scarborough Shoal.

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