Having the strategic support of the European Union places the ASEAN and the Philippines in 'a very strong position' to negotiate issues as regards the South China Sea, Pres. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said at the ASEAN-EU Commemorative Summit press conference.
Having the strategic support of the European Union places the ASEAN and the Philippines in "a very strong position" to negotiate issues as regards the South China Sea, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said Wednesday.
He said objections to violations of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea would be stronger if raised by a group of nations such as the ASEAN and the EU. Marcos said the EU's commitment found in the joint declaration to "the doctrine of behaviors in the South China Sea is already a very, very big step for us in the Philippines, for example, and all the countries around the South China Sea."
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