STATEMENT

January 24, 2026

It was reported that the spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs made a statement which contained the quoted section:

“Certain Philippine uniformed service members, driven by personal political motives, have repeatedly made outrageous and absurd statements and habitually incite confrontation. Such behavior is despicable,” Guo said.

“A word of advice to relevant individuals in the Philippines: immediately stop making provocations and stop confusing right and wrong, or they will pay the price for what they did,” he added.

The Department of National Defense and the Armed Forces of the Philippines strongly condemn such an affront to any of its members and reiterates that it shall not be cowed by any official of the PROC whether in their homeland or as guests here, and we shall continue to speak against their lies and malign actions when such are committed.

The statement mentioned proves the unflinching and twisted attempt by the PROC to spread distorted narratives and to continue with its ineffective and distasteful campaign to bully smaller Countries.

The WPS and any of its features have never been part of the PROC and we shall continue to perform our duty to stop the PROC’s malign influence and illegal activities in our areas of jurisdiction.

Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!

Asec. Arsenio R. Andolong

Spokesperson, Department of National Defense

DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE