The Chinese Foreign Ministry in Beijing, China. /CFP

The China Coast Guard (CCG) on Saturday monitored the entire process of a Philippine resupply mission to its warship previously grounded in Ren'ai Jiao, part of China's Nansha Qundao in the South China Sea, according to a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

"This morning, based on the provisional arrangement China reached with the Philippines on managing the situation at Ren'ai Jiao, the Philippine side conducted a resupply mission of living necessities," said the spokesperson in a Saturday afternoon statement.

"The entire process was monitored by China Coast Guard. China had been notified of the resupply before it was carried out. After confirming on-site that the Philippine vessel carried only humanitarian living necessities, the Chinese side let the Philippine vessel through," read the statement.

"Let me stress that the arrangement was reached by China with the Philippines based on the three-point principled position of China on managing the situation at Ren'ai Jiao," said the spokesperson.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry said on July 22 that it recently reached provisional arrangement with the Philippines on humanitarian resupply of living necessities after a series of consultations with the Philippines on managing the situation at Ren'ai Jiao.

China's position on the Ren'ai Jiao issue has not changed, and China has sovereignty over Ren'ai Jiao, the rest of Nansha Qundao and their adjacent waters, said the spokesperson on Saturday.

China will continue to properly deal with relevant territorial issues and disputes over maritime rights with the Philippines through dialogue and consultation, said the spokesperson.

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Source: CGTN