MANILA, Philippines — Chinese Foreign Ministry has claimed that the Philippines supposedly violated China’s security and sovereignty after sending military aircraft close to Spratly Islands, which China calls Nansha Islands.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte addressed China on Friday: “Let us be friends, but do not touch Pag-asa [Thitu] Island and the rest. If you make moves there, that’s a different story. I will tell my soldiers, ‘Prepare for suicide mission.’”