Foreign affairs for ASEAN Assistant Sec. Daniel Espiritu revealed that “there is already a sort of agreement” among countries in the region and China on how to address certain situations in the disputed waters to avoid escalation of tensions. Read more 👇
regarding the proposed Code of Conduct in the South China Sea, an official of the Department of Foreign Affairs said Thursday.
According to Espiritu, this development was a breakthrough considering that efforts to craft a Code of Conduct have been around for almost two decades.“Whatever slow progress we’re making right now is already quite a significant progress,” he observed. “Every line has to be agreed on by consensus. And China is there, and all 10 ASEAN countries are there, and we have to be very careful about this,” he said.
Espiritu said these included the COVID-19 ASEAN recovery fund, which is still being disbursed to cover the purchase and distribution of the vaccines and other medical supplies.
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