LEADERS of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) have committed to enhance cooperation for full implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) and backed the Philippines’ filing of a “memorial” against China’s nine-dash line territorial rule over contested islands in the Spratlys.

According to Malacañang, the leaders agreed to strengthen cooperation for the full and effective implementation of the declaration in accordance with universally recognized principles of international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea or Unclos.

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