China has allowed a Philippine civilian ship to deliver supplies to a warship long grounded by Manila at the Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea, the Chinese coastguard said on Tuesday.
The move appeared to be a rare act of de-escalation amid continued clashes between the two neighbours over territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
“On December 12, with the permission of the Chinese side, the Philippines sent a civilian boat to deliver daily necessities to its illegally ‘beached’ warship on Renai Jiao,” China Coast Guard spokesman Liu Dejun said in a statement, using Beijing’s term for the Second Thomas Shoal, a contested reef in the strategically important waterway.
“The Chinese coastguard inquired and confirmed the Philippine vessel while supervising it throughout the whole process,” he added.
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