President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to ensure peace and stability in the South China Sea and pushed for the early conclusion of the Code of Conduct (COC).
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to ensure peace and stability in the South China Sea and pushed for the early conclusion of the Code of Conduct .
The DOC was adopted in 2012 as ASEAN members and China agreed to abide by the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, among other treaties. They also “encouraged further progress towards the early conclusion of an effective and substantive Code of Conduct in the South China Sea that is in accordance with international law, including the 1982 UNCLOS, within a mutually agreed timeline,” according to their joint statement.
“Our foreign policy refuses to fall into the trap of a Cold War mindset. Ours is an independent foreign policy guided by our national interest and commitment to peace,” the President said.
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