FILE PHOTO: A China Coast Guard ship (upper left) is seen near the Philippine Navy's BRP Sierra Madre as the Philippine Coast Guard conducts aerial surveillance at Sabina and Ayungin Shoals in the West Philippine Sea on February 21, 2023. INQUIRER/NIÑO JESUS ORBETA MANILA, Philippines — China claims that the Philippines has promised to tow away the grounded BRP Sierra Madre at the Ayungin Shoal. In a statement issued on Monday evening, China's Foreign Ministry said that the Philippines made that promise 'several times' but that the Philippines 'has yet to act' on it.

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