Asked about Taiwan’s concerns, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said earlier on Wednesday that if Japan and the Philippines agree on the maritime boundaries it, “would not be legally binding on third parties”.
The Philippines’ foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Taiwan’s foreign ministry added that China had no right to claim to speak on its behalf over the maritime boundary issue. “Taiwan will not tolerate China’s attempts to undermine regional peace and stability through so-called coast guard law enforcement and military power projection,” the ministry said.
Taiwan’s government rejects Beijing’s sovereignty claims.
(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Additional reporting by Karen Lema in Manila and Kiyoshi Takenaka in Tokyo Editing by Tomasz Janowski)
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