MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will raise the South China Sea dispute and assert Manila's sovereignty over its territorial waters when he joins the 44th and 45th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit in Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic next week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Friday.
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will raise the South China Sea dispute and assert Manila's sovereignty over its territorial waters when he joins the 44th and 45th Association of South east Asian Nations Summit in Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic next week, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Friday.
'China has been engaging with Asean to craft a code of conduct in the South China Sea but a document that would ease tensions in the strategic waterway has yet to be produced after two decades of dialogues.Instead, Beijing militarized reefs and conducted economic activities within the exclusive economic zones of several Asean members.China claims almost the entire South China Sea, a conduit for more than $3 trillion in annual ship commerce.
To Raise South China Sea Issue With Asean In Laos
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