The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China are now working on the second draft of the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea, Secretary General Dato Paduka Lim Jock Hoi said Tuesday.
“I think we are done with the first draft, we are going to the second so we hope that negotiations on COC will continue in physical manner as we are able to open our economy. work in progress and hope that this can be done in expeditious manner,” Lim said in a video conference during the 11th Editors’ Roundtable organized by Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia and Khmer Times here.
Lim said the joint working group has resumed in-person discussions as both ASEAN and China continue to “reaffirm the aspiration to expedite the COC negotiation and work towards the early conclusion of an effective and substantive COC.” The South China Sea is a vital sea lane where oil and natural gas have been discovered in several areas.
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