MARIT STINUS-CABUGON

THE foreign ministers of China and the 10 member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) are expected to endorse the draft framework for a code of conduct in the South China Sea at the post-ministerial conference that kicks off in Manila on August 2 (Voice of American, July 25, 2017). This will bring to a conclusion 15 years of talks on developing a code of conduct founded on the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea that the ASEAN members and China signed in November 2002.

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