PHILIPPINES CONCERNED OVER POSSIBLE ENRTY OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA

Source: Inquirer.net

By Nestor Corrales

The Philippines is concerned about China’s possible deployment of nuclear weapons in its outposts in the heavily disputed South China Sea.

“We are concerned about the entry of any and all nuclear weapons into the Philippine territory because our Constitution provides that we are a nuclear-free zone,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said on Thursday.

Roque also cited that there is an Asean treaty declaring the whole Asean as a nuclear-free zone.

“We are concerned about the possibility that any foreign power be it American, Russian, Chinese may bring nuclear warheads into our territory and into Asean, which is declared as a nuclear-free zone,” he said.

Read more at: http://globalnation.inquirer.net/169240/ph-concerned-entry-nuclear-weapons-south-china-sea-palace#ixzz5P5rHK89l

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