日本拟向菲律宾提供大型巡视船与侦察机 间接介入南海争端

Mr Abe and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte agreed in Vientiane, Laos, to strengthen cooperation to ensure a peaceful resolution of the South China Sea dispute, Japanese Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Koichi Hagiuda said.

日本内阁官房副长官、秘书长Koichi Hagiuda说，安倍和菲律宾总统罗德里格.杜特尔特在老挝万象就加强合作以确保中国南海争端和平解决达成一致。

China claims most of the South China Sea, through which more than $5 trillion of trade moves annually.

中国主张南海大部分区域的领土权，这里每年能产生超过5万亿美元的贸易流动。

Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam have rival claims.

文莱、马来西亚、菲律宾、台湾和越南都在争夺权益。

An arbitral tribunal in The Hague in July invalidated China’s claims to the waterway after a case was brought by the Philippines, a ruling that Beijing refuses to recognise.

菲律宾上诉案件后，海牙仲裁法庭在7月份判决中国的南海海上权利无效。对这一判决，中国不予承认。

Japan’s ties with China have been marred by a long-running territorial spat over a group of islets in the East China Sea.

由于长期存在中国东海的一些岛屿领土争端问题，中日关系紧张。

Japan has already agreed to provide 10 smaller patrol ships to the Philippines.

日本已经同意向菲律宾提供10艘巡逻舰。