Philippine President's accords with China provoke indignation in the West

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has made a decision that deals a clear blow to American interests in the Asia-Pacific region. Recall that previously the United States constantly called itself "the main ally of the Philippines, protecting this country from Chinese encroachments, including on the disputed islands."





Rodrigo Duterte announced the decision regarding joint economic activities with China in the exclusively economic zone of the Philippines (this zone is prescribed in Philippine law). This is a joint project of Manila and Beijing on the exploration of oil fields in the Reed Bank area (Reed Bank). This is a reef-island site in the South China Sea north-east of the disputed Spratly Archipelago.

Earlier, an international court in The Hague put up a barrier to China’s participation in exploration in the Reed Bank area, citing the fact that the islands do not belong to China.

Rodrigo Duterte said China’s participation in the project is economically viable for the Philippines. According to him, there are agreements with Beijing on the division of deposits in the Reed Bank in the proportions of 60 to 40 (60 - Philippine, 40 - Chinese).

In the West, this decision of the Philippine president provoked outrage. So, on the sidelines of international arbitration, they said that in this way Duterte "violates constitutional norms, in fact refusing to consider the 12-mile zone in the Reed Bank area as part of the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines." This statement was picked up in the United States.

One gets the impression that in the US and The Hague they decided to identify themselves as the main defenders of the Philippine constitution ...

Duterte said that for him the economic development of the country is more important, and therefore he does not intend to follow the decisions adopted outside the Philippines and going against the interests of the Philippines.

In the Philippines themselves, it was noted that the Western negative is primarily due to the fact that for the United States itself, constant tension in relations between Manila and Beijing is beneficial. Duterte decided to remove this tension by offering China cooperation in the development of mineral resources near the disputed archipelago.
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    1. +9
      11 September 2019 18: 00
      A wise decision.
      1. +9
        11 September 2019 18: 20
        caused outrage in the West

        So a serious agreement was concluded ..! China is moving in the right direction .. hi Rodrigo dude is cool and not a fan of chatting (head of business) The drug mafia has been soaked there specifically, here is the USA and are angry .. good
        1. +2
          11 September 2019 19: 12
          The USA will whimper and calm down ...
          1. +3
            11 September 2019 19: 40
            Quote: cniza
            The USA will whimper and calm down ...

            Now this is already happening Victor ..

            Russia was the first to declare (Putin in Munich) and the result is already visible!
            Although it’s hard for all of us .. The pressure is terrible.
            1. +3
              11 September 2019 20: 05
              Nothing, water sharpens a stone.
              1. +3
                11 September 2019 20: 32
                Divide and rule! The main and main doctrine of the Anglo-Saxons. It is only at the expense of this that they live by selling weapons to those whom they quarrel among themselves. From time immemorial, they lead a parasitic lifestyle ..
                1. 0
                  11 September 2019 22: 36
                  ,,Divide and rule,,
                  It’s time for our diplomats to learn from the Britons. We picked up a bunch of ,, fraternal peoples, “with bare ass and feed them. And for ourselves, the ass is the same - naked!
          2. +1
            12 September 2019 07: 51
            Quote: cniza
            The USA will whimper and calm down ...

            I doubt it. Their "moderates" in the Asian region will begin to feed more actively - this is at least.
      2. 0
        11 September 2019 19: 16
        Duterte is simply a Siren, and Trump did not know this. feelNovember 2017, XNUMX
        Trump visits the Philippines as part of the US Summit and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which is being held in Manila. At the gala dinner on the occasion of the opening of the summit, Duterte climbed the stage and sang along with the local star Pilite Corrales, who performed her hit “Ikaw” (“you” - translated from Tagalog). The verse began with the words "you are the light in my world, half of my heart." Having finished his speech, the President of the Philippines joked that he went on stage on the orders of the US Commander-in-Chief. Few people expected such a passionate prelude to the upcoming bilateral meeting with Trump.
        And here is the result.
      3. +1
        11 September 2019 21: 43
        Quote: evgen1221
        A wise decision.

        Mutually wise. Yes
        China's participation in this project is economically viable for the Philippines. According to him, there are agreements with Beijing on the division of deposits in the Reed Bank in the proportions of 60 to 40 (60 - Filipino, 40 - Chinese).
        Not weakly, the Chinese rolled back.good It’s all in one network: just next door, next door. laughing All that remained for the Filipinos was not to blunt or refuse the offer. The result - almost everyone is happy, except for some West there, but these are trifles of life, because you will not please everyone. Yes
      4. 0
        12 September 2019 03: 43
        moreover, fair for its own people !!!!!! The mattresses will not understand in any way, the era of the bipolar world is over, even the printing press will not help them ..........., and ............. "let them live longer ", our sworn friends ........
      5. 0
        12 September 2019 05: 37
        Quote: evgen1221
        A wise decision.
        interestingly, sokniki, would you have reacted the same way to the news "Putin has concluded an agreement with Japan on the joint development of the Kuril Islands 60 to 40"?))
        according to the article I agree - the West has nothing to poke, this is the business of the Filipinos
    2. +3
      11 September 2019 18: 06
      well done guys, Comrade Xi and camarad Duterte wiped off the nose of Trump)
      1. 0
        11 September 2019 19: 03
        So, on the sidelines of international arbitration, they said that in this way Duterte "violates constitutional norms, in fact, refusing to consider the 12-mile zone in the Reed Bank area as part of the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines." This statement was picked up in the United States as well.
        feel Duterte is a radish. Framed and passed the United States. Tomorrow others will stretch. Six months have not passed since the joint maneuvers of the US allies in TO. And China is easier to haul oil with reliance on the Philippines than with BV. Everything in the USA is not thank God. . feelVenezuela. And you need to bring the dough to the Ruin, Syria-Turkey Siamese twins, how to show them the flag? 39 tons of bombs were bombarded shamefully on the green island in Iraq. Yes, Sharkhan will be kicked soon, not that he will not pay attention.
    3. +7
      11 September 2019 18: 10

      One gets the impression that in the US and The Hague they decided to identify themselves as the main defenders of the Philippine constitution ...

      As well as the Constitution of Ukraine, Poland, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Yugoslavia .........................
      1. 0
        11 September 2019 18: 27
        Quote: APASUS

        One gets the impression that in the US and The Hague they decided to identify themselves as the main defenders of the Philippine constitution ...

        As well as the Constitution of Ukraine, Poland, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Yugoslavia .........................


        How are you straight to the point! The hegemony of the USA is coming to an end and they are very angry that they constantly began to click on their nose (while shelbans)))).
        Let them get used to it! laughing
        1. +1
          11 September 2019 19: 13
          This infuriates them, and the wounded beast is unpredictable.
      2. +5
        11 September 2019 18: 28
        It is useless to look for logic and common sense where they are not by definition.
        They have one logic - everything that is good for America - good for the whole world, everything that is bad for America - is subject to democratization.
        And they sincerely do not understand why we do not understand such elementary common truths. request
      3. -1
        11 September 2019 21: 01
        Quote: APASUS

        One gets the impression that in the US and The Hague they decided to identify themselves as the main defenders of the Philippine constitution ...

        As well as the Constitution of Ukraine, Poland, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Yugoslavia .........................

        But the Americans will not defend the Constitution of the Russian Federation? Indeed, in Sakhalin we have the same parsley with a production division ...
        What am I talking about? There, the Americans are involved in production ... There is nothing to do with the constitution ...
    4. -14
      11 September 2019 18: 21
      Yes, Duterte hit, hit hard. China will not do anything just like that.
      1. +3
        11 September 2019 19: 50
        Quote: Nycomed
        Yes, Duterte hit, hit hard. China will not do anything just like that.

        Are you afraid of China? lol Well, it’s all liberals who are afraid, there they rolled them out with tanks I remember in the 80s. And the jerk was economic after that ..
        And the USSR was slaberal, trusting the USA and other moneylenders ..
        Now we disentangle and will be for a long time.
        1. -6
          11 September 2019 19: 55
          What am I afraid of? It let Duterte begin to piss.
          1. -1
            11 September 2019 20: 59
            Quote: Nycomed
            What am I afraid of? It let Duterte begin to piss.

            Not funny .. And you would have to reduce your burrows with the little pysanina .. Just advice! hi
    5. -1
      11 September 2019 18: 34
      Quote: Nycomed
      Yes, Duterte hit, hit hard. China will not do anything just like that.

      China will also buy palm oil from them in order to turn noodles out of it and supply Doshirak to us wassat
    6. -3
      11 September 2019 18: 36
      Solomon’s decision, if only in one day, so that the Filipinos would not be surprised that their country had become part of China. ..
      1. -3
        11 September 2019 18: 59
        They pulled their head out of the mouth of the American alligator to put it in the mouth of the Chinese tiger. Indeed, the Solomon solution. request what
      2. -1
        11 September 2019 19: 02
        Quote: Thrifty
        Solomon’s decision, if only in one day, so that the Filipinos would not be surprised that their country had become part of China. ..

        ahem, and suddenly joint projects will go on the Kuril Islands, and who will become whose part?
        1. 0
          11 September 2019 19: 08
          Depends on the sanity of the authorities. So that our lands do not go to the Japanese.
    7. 0
      11 September 2019 19: 00
      So, on the sidelines of international arbitration, they said that in this way Duterte "violates constitutional norms, in fact, refusing to consider the 12-mile zone in the Reed Bank area as part of the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines." This statement was picked up in the United States as well.
      feel Duterte is a radish. Framed and passed the United States. Tomorrow others will stretch. Six months have not passed since the joint maneuvers of the US allies in TO. And China is easier to haul oil with reliance on the Philippines than with BV. Everything in the USA is not thank God. . feelVenezuela. And you need to bring the dough to the Ruin, Syria-Turkey Siamese twins, how to show them the flag? 39 tons of bombs were bombarded shamefully on the green island in Iraq. Yes, Sharkhan will be kicked soon, not that he will not pay attention.
    8. -1
      11 September 2019 19: 19
      Holland is completely overgrown. They either killed the innocent Milosevic on the orders of the CIA, then accused Russia of the death of the Malaysian Boeing on the orders of the State Department and the Director of National Intelligence of the United States (James Clapper), then they indicated how to live in the Philippines. The Dutch climb, as well as the limotrophs in all holes. Small but ugly nations harnessed by Uncle Sam’s harness ...
      1. 0
        11 September 2019 21: 03
        About MH17.
        We recall that 40 minutes after the tragedy, Putin landed in Rostov-on-Don, on his way from Paris. We look at the Malaysian Boeing. Blue-red on a white fuselage.
        Definitely shot at Putin. Suddenly foolishly flooded on the international highway over Ukraine.
        The Americans fired, with the F-22. The missile, in order not to glow, was guided by 2 AWACS, over the Czech Republic and Romania. Holland - sculpts a hunchback, purely pulling time - the damaging elements are recovered and destroyed. The court to fall apart - it does not matter. Time - heals with oblivion.
        1. 0
          12 September 2019 17: 55
          The Americans fired, with the F-22.

          Yes, this is unrealistic, it would be lit up and one missile is not enough even for a civilian, and the board1 itself is well protected and has escort. We recall Tu over the Black Sea, the defeat of the c200 missile did not disable the connection and did not break the liner to pieces. Only one thing could lead simultaneously to a complete instantaneous loss of communication and to the destruction of the fuselage at the echelon even at such a point on the route - this is a bookmark on board that was blown up by a signal through a satellite. And the mattress satellite just there passed at that time, the model and not he broadcast the signal, but he was watching for sure. Well, we also remember that six months before the twin brother of the 17th, the one that the 370th, which was served in the same hangar, just evaporated over the South China Sea, and there are no beeches or agents there ...
      2. 0
        11 September 2019 21: 05
        Quote: pafegosoff
        Holland is completely overgrown.

        This Dutch crushes from nostalgia for the lost colonies. Their colonies sailed away, but the colonial grin remained.
    9. 0
      11 September 2019 19: 35
      The West is not outraged by the peaceful resolution of the issue between China and the Philippines, but because it did not require Western services
      1. +1
        11 September 2019 21: 04
        Again, American oil will go to the Chinese. Such an insult to Duarte will be washed away only by sudden death ...
    10. 0
      11 September 2019 19: 51
      Bravo Duterte. Very correct decision!
    11. +1
      11 September 2019 21: 18
      A powerful leader, but it would not work out with him as with Chavez. And Gaddafi did not forgive independence.
      1. 0
        12 September 2019 02: 50
        And what happened to Chavez? Died of cancer. Alas...
        1. 0
          12 September 2019 07: 58
          Do not go to a fortune-teller - the American special services have long been armed with cancer pathogens. They are being poisoned. Kind of like "natural causes." In the fight against cancer, after all, the so-called. "anti-drugs".
    12. 0
      12 September 2019 02: 49
      I read comments, everyone praises Duterte’s decision so much. Well done, relieved tension with China, wiped his nose at the States. (Actually, I also agree with this, a good political and economic step).

      But what if we take this situation to Russia as well. After all, we have the Kuril ridge, which Japan claims. If our president decides on joint economic and economic activities in this zone, this will also, in theory, relieve tension in relations with the Japanese. The Japanese will start investing in infrastructure, develop territories, and possibly carry out "educational" work with the population. Will local patriots in this case praise the president's "wisdom" or will a hail of poop fly at him?!?!
    13. 0
      12 September 2019 04: 23
      The Chinese roots of the presidents unite peoples in the direction of common development ..

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