DPA
Phnom Penh - The 10 members of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) remained divided Tuesday over how best to deal with a long-running dispute with Beijing over parts of the South China Sea.
ASEAN is formulating a legally binding code of conduct between itself and China that would regulate states' behaviour in an area that has become increasingly tense in recent years.
China lays an all-encompassing claim to the South China Sea, which spans a vital shipping lane and is believed to be rich in resources. The Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam and Brunei - all ASEAN members - also claim overlapping parts of the area.
The dispute is one of the key issues on the agenda at the two-day meeting of the ASEAN leaders under way in Phnom Penh.
'The big disagreement this morning was the announcement by the (ASEAN) secretary general that China might be invited to be part of the issue on the fundamentals as well as in the drafting of the (code of conduct),' Philippines Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario told journalists Tuesday.
'We take the position that this (discussion) should be internal within ASEAN,' he said, adding that for ASEAN to do otherwise 'is inconsistent with our pursuit for centrality.'
'We're happy to invite China, but this should be done after the approval of the (code of conduct by ASEAN states),' he said. 'We should be the masters of our own destiny.'
Del Rosario said ASEAN chair Cambodia favoured bringing in Beijing at an early stage.
On Monday China's President Hu Jintao completed a state visit to Cambodia ahead of the start of the summit in a move some analysts said was designed to pressure Cambodia to take Beijing's concerns into account, not least its preference to deal with other claimants on a one-to-one basis rather than with ASEAN as a bloc.
The ASEAN members are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The summit is scheduled to conclude Wednesday.
7 comments:
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.
5 BILLION DOLLAR DEFINITELY SILENCE MORT AH KWACK AH CORRUPTED BITCH
And Hun Sen & cronies are walking away all millions in Chinese bribery $$$. None to Khmer women & children evicted from homes
To 10:09 PM
I think we need to ask French for explaination. French was the one who decided that the island is belong to Vietnam, not Hun Sen.
Don't be scare of the French Gov., maybe we all can learn some thing about the past !!!!!
The decision was made before Hun Sen was born or still a baby.
No, Ah Kwack has been since 1979 a Vietnamese dog who did nothing to defend Cambodia's territory. He only punishes and threatens any Khmer patriot like Sam Rainsy who tries to defend Khmer territories along the border with Vietnam.
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កោះត្រល់ជាខ្មែររបស់ខ្មែរ មិនមែនជារបស់យួន
ដែលបារាំងកាត់ឲ្យយួនពីសម័យបារាំងទេ។
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4:44 AM, No need to ask the French, they have already implemented the Paris Agreement Act signed by 16 international countries.
Ah CHkae Kwak still wont use the Paris Agreement Act, but the 2005 border treaties and the 1985 Treaties.
Ask AH CHkae Kwak to learn to read!
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