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Request of Institute of Oceanology of Chinese Academy of Sciences (IO-CAS)

Requested from DFA by A. Sasot at 07:12 AM on Jan 23, 2018.
Purpose: Research
Date of Coverage: 11/01/2017 - 01/23/2018
Tracking no: #DFA-404331899301

Sasot 07:12 AM, Jan 23, 2018 

Hi! I would like to get a scanned copies of the following:

1) Request of the Institute of Oceanology of Chinese Academy of Sciences (IO-CAS) to conduct maritime scientific research (MSR) in Benham rise

2) Decision of DFA granting the request

Officer 04:05 PM, Jan 24, 2018 

January 24, 2018

Dear Allantroy,

Thank you for your request dated Jan 23, 2018 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Request of Institute of Oceanology of Chinese Academy of Sciences (IO-CAS).

We received your request on Jan 23, 2018 and will respond on or before Feb 13, 2018 07:12:11 AM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations.

Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERGQS00MDQzMzE4OTkzMDEM, for request with ticket number #DFA-404331899301.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Receiving Officer
FOI Officer


<The documents that you are asking for, however, are integral to Notes Verbale exchanged between the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).  Accordingly, a Note Verbale from the Chinese Embassy transmitted the application to the DFA and the DFA, in turn, communicated to the Chinese Embassy the grant of consent also by way of a Note Verbale.
The need to keep diplomatic communications inviolable is recognized in international law as well as in the Inventory of Exceptions to Executive Order No. 2, the order which operationalized the right to information.  DFA, therefore, is constrained by law from issuing copies of the subject documents to the public.>

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