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The government has shelved its plan to explore and develop, jointly with China and Vietnam, a large area in the disputed and potentially oil-rich Spratlys, years after it drew flak for entering into such a deal. Critics had claimed that the deal undermined the country’s territorial integrity.

“We have not engaged in any activities to renew it,” Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes said of the joint marine seismic undertaking (JMSU) with Vietnam and China in the Spratlys, locally known as Kalayaan. The JMSU, signed in 2005, expired last July.

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The government has shelved its plan to explore and develop, jointly with China and Vietnam, a large area in the disputed and potentially oil-rich Spratlys, years after it drew flak for entering into such a deal. Critics had claimed that the deal undermined the country’s territorial integrity.

“We have not engaged in any activities to renew it,” Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes said of the joint marine seismic undertaking (JMSU) with Vietnam and China in the Spratlys, locally known as Kalayaan. The JMSU, signed in 2005, expired last July.

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