There are at least two to three rounds of negotiations expected to happen next year for the crafting of the Code of Conduct (COC) on the South China Sea, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo said Thursday.
There are at least two to three rounds of negotiations expected to happen next year for the crafting of the Code of Conduct on the South China Sea, Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo said Thursday.
What’s blocking the negotiations of the sea conduct, Manalo noted, are the technical issues coming from its parties, which are composed of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations and China. He added there is already a declaration of principles on the South China Sea adopted two decades ago, and concerned parties would like to “build on that.”
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