00:00Malacanang said that the aggressive action of China in the resupply mission of the Philippines in the West Philippine Sea is not considered an armed attack.
00:10You know this was probably a misunderstanding or an accident. We are not yet ready to classify this as an armed attack.
00:18The question about the invocation of the mutual defense treaty, it has not been considered in our discussions.
00:27Because of this, it is not yet necessary to invoke the mutual defense treaty in America,
00:33which is not in the trust of the maritime expert Professor J. Batumbacat.
00:37But according to Malacanang, the cause of concern for the Marcos administration is the latest action of the China Coast Guard on our soldiers.
00:45This is one of the reasons why the National Maritime Council convened today for the second time.
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