Manila to present old map to show disputed atoll part of territory

The Philippine government will submit to the United Nations Tribunal on the Law of the Sea in The Hague this week an almost 300-year-old map of the Philippines showing the disputed Scarborough Shoal being part of Philippine territory dating back three centuries ago, a local media has reported.

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