3 research vessels spotted in Ayungin Shoal have left the area – AFP

MANILA, Philippines — The three research vessels recently spotted in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal already left the country, an Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) official said on Thursday. “The three other research vessels were found to be just passing by,” AFP spokesperson Francel Margareth Padilla told reporters in a phone interview. Padilla also said the research vessels already left the country’s exclusive economic zone on Monday (April 29). READ: 3 Chinese research vessels spotted near Ayungin Shoal The presence of such vessels in Ayungin Shoal was unprecedented, according to Commodore Roy Vincent Trinidad, Navy spokesperson for the West Philippine […]…

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