Del Rosario: US study says China’s SCS claims ‘ungrounded’Former Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) secretary Albert del Rosario cited how the US State Department’s “Limits in the Seas No. MANILA, Philippines — A new study released by the United States government, which finds China’s claims in the South China Sea “ungrounded” in fact and in law, concurs with the standpoint of the Philippines, a former Filipino foreign affairs chief said yesterday. Del Rosario said both studies show that China’s claims are stunning in their outright falsity, such as claiming sovereignty over underwater features in the South China Sea as if they were land territories. The State Department’s most recent study builds on the Department’s 2014 analysis of China’s ambiguous “dashed-line” claim in the South China Sea. “We have already seen the US, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Australia and our neighbors in the South China Sea invoke the 2016 Arbitral Ruling against China’s preposterous claims,” Del Rosario said.

Source: Philippine Star January 16, 2022 19:34 UTC