Third party in territorial row deemed futile
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June 28, 2013, Friday
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COUNTRIES with territorial claims in the South China Sea that look for help from third parties will find their efforts "futile," China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned yesterday, adding that the path of confrontation would be "doomed."
Wang did not name any country by name.
"If certain claimant countries choose confrontation, that path will be doomed," Wang said after a speech at the annual Tsinghua World Peace Forum.
"If such countries try to reinforce their poorly grounded claims through the help of external forces, that will be futile and will eventually prove to be a strategic miscalculation not worth the effort," he said.
The Philippine military said this week it had revived plans to build new air and naval bases at Subic Bay, a former US naval base.
Wang's comments came days before the minister is due to attend a meeting of foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations grouping in Brunei from Saturday to Tuesday.
The 10-member ASEAN hopes to reach a legally binding Code of Conduct to manage maritime conduct in disputed areas.
For now a "Declaration of Conduct" is in place.
The path to a Code of Conduct will be slow and deliberate, Wang said, adding that the Declaration of Conduct was a commitment made by China and the 10 ASEAN countries and China would continue to abide by it.
"The right way is to fully implement the Declaration, and in this process, move forward with the Code in a gradual way," Wang said yesterday.
Wang did not name any country by name.
"If certain claimant countries choose confrontation, that path will be doomed," Wang said after a speech at the annual Tsinghua World Peace Forum.
"If such countries try to reinforce their poorly grounded claims through the help of external forces, that will be futile and will eventually prove to be a strategic miscalculation not worth the effort," he said.
The Philippine military said this week it had revived plans to build new air and naval bases at Subic Bay, a former US naval base.
Wang's comments came days before the minister is due to attend a meeting of foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations grouping in Brunei from Saturday to Tuesday.
The 10-member ASEAN hopes to reach a legally binding Code of Conduct to manage maritime conduct in disputed areas.
For now a "Declaration of Conduct" is in place.
The path to a Code of Conduct will be slow and deliberate, Wang said, adding that the Declaration of Conduct was a commitment made by China and the 10 ASEAN countries and China would continue to abide by it.
"The right way is to fully implement the Declaration, and in this process, move forward with the Code in a gradual way," Wang said yesterday.
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