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| Philippines' President Benigno Aquino III, left, talks with Myanmar President Thein Sein after a group photograph at the opening ceremony of the 20th ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia Tuesday, April 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong) |
April 3, 2012
AP
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Diplomats say new problems have emerged in attempts by Southeast Asian countries and China to come up with a pact aimed at preventing South China Sea territorial rifts from becoming violent.
The disputes and North Korea's planned rocket launch are top security worries expected to feature prominently at a two-day summit of leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations that opened Tuesday in the Cambodian capital.
China, Taiwan and ASEAN members Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei all make various claims on the South China Sea, which China claims in its entirety.
Southeast Asian diplomats say differences have arisen between China and countries including the Philippines and Vietnam on how to draft a nonaggression pact to prevent clashes amid the disputes.
1 comment:
Ah Kwack,
Why don't you bring up the islands' Khmer issue such as Koh Trol, Koh Krachalk Sess to ASEAN too?
Your master Vietnam is mad with China, which claimed that some islands in the south China sea belong to China while Vietnam has already taken Khmer islands.
This hypocrite Vietnam should be brought to face the international justice.
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