Japan and the Philippines provide planes and ships amid a maritime dispute with China
Vientiane (Reuters) - A Japanese government spokesman said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed on Tuesday to provide the Philippines my ship on two massive patrol and lend up to five, using reconnaissance planes at a time of freely between the two countries and China disputes.
Koichi Hajewda Deputy Secretary of the Japanese Cabinet, said that Abe and Philippine President Rodrigo Dottirta agreed in Vientiane, capital of Laos to strengthen cooperation to ensure a peaceful settlement in the dispute over the South China Sea.
China says it has a right to sovereignty over most of the South China Sea, through which trade worth more than five trillion dollars annually. It also calls all of Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam sovereignty over parts of it.
In July, the Court of Arbitration in The Hague ruled that it was not the eligibility of China's sovereignty over the waterway after consideration of the case brought by the Philippines. China refuses to recognize the ruling.
The Japan relations, China Vicoppea long odds over the sovereignty of a group of small islands in the East China Sea.
Japan has already agreed to provide the Philippines ten smaller patrol ships.
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