President Marcos tries to make Southeast Asian neighbors care as much about South China Sea issues — and China’s actions — as the Philippines does
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In different summits — even in ones where geopolitics is traditionally not on the agenda — Marcos put forward the Philippine position, urging Southeast Asian neighbors to “not to turn a blind eye to the aggressive, coercive, and illegal actions of an external power against an ASEAN member state for such actions undermines their claims of genuine adherence to our core values.”Nothing new, really.
China’s harassment of Philippine vessels in the West Philippine Sea, part of the South China Sea that includes the country’s exclusive economic zone, has been the stuff of headlines since mid-2023, when Manila first introduced its transparency initiative. “In our view, there should be more urgency in the pace of the negotiations of the ASEAN-China Code of Conduct ,” said Marcos, according to a release from the Palace. Marcos added: “We continue to be subjected to harassment and intimidation… Parties must be earnestly open to seriously managing the differences and to reduce tensions.”
Other ASEAN partners — the US, Japan, Australia, South Korea, and India — were reportedly okay with the language but “the Russians and the Chinese said that they could not and would not proceed with a statement.”“We confirm there was no consensus on an EAS statement,” said Presidential Communications Office Secretary Cesar Chavez. Malacañang did not comment on who blocked the consensus statement, however.
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