Joint South China Sea efforts
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July 21, 2012, Saturday
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CHINA yesterday pledged to make joint efforts with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to safeguard regional peace and stability after the 10-member bloc issued a six-point statement on the South China Sea.
"The Chinese side is willing to work together with the ASEAN members to implement the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea comprehensively and effectively," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said.
In the statement issued yesterday, the ASEAN members reaffirmed their commitment to the "peaceful resolution of disputes" in the South China Sea.
Analysts said the six-point principles were reached to make up for the lack of a communique after a meeting last week. In an unprecedented development, the 45th Foreign Ministers' Meeting of the ASEAN was not wrapped up with the release of a communique showcasing common ground.
ASEAN members are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Qu Xing, head of the China Institute of International Studies, said Vietnam and the Philippines should be blamed for the failure to pass a communique.
"The two countries attempted to turn the disputes between them and China into a problem between China and ASEAN as a whole," he said, "which was unacceptable for the other members of the bloc."
"The Chinese side has noted the ASEAN's statement on the South China Sea," Hong said, adding that the core problem of the South China Sea were disputes over the sovereignty of the Nansha Islands and the demarcation of adjacent waters.
"China has sufficient historical and jurisprudential evidence for its sovereignty over the Nansha Islands and the adjacent waters," he added.
"The Chinese side is willing to work together with the ASEAN members to implement the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea comprehensively and effectively," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said.
In the statement issued yesterday, the ASEAN members reaffirmed their commitment to the "peaceful resolution of disputes" in the South China Sea.
Analysts said the six-point principles were reached to make up for the lack of a communique after a meeting last week. In an unprecedented development, the 45th Foreign Ministers' Meeting of the ASEAN was not wrapped up with the release of a communique showcasing common ground.
ASEAN members are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Qu Xing, head of the China Institute of International Studies, said Vietnam and the Philippines should be blamed for the failure to pass a communique.
"The two countries attempted to turn the disputes between them and China into a problem between China and ASEAN as a whole," he said, "which was unacceptable for the other members of the bloc."
"The Chinese side has noted the ASEAN's statement on the South China Sea," Hong said, adding that the core problem of the South China Sea were disputes over the sovereignty of the Nansha Islands and the demarcation of adjacent waters.
"China has sufficient historical and jurisprudential evidence for its sovereignty over the Nansha Islands and the adjacent waters," he added.
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