MANILA TIMES FORUM: Despite the disputes over some parcel of islands in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), the Philippines and China should continue to treat one another as “one family” in order to promote peace and stability not only between the two countries but in the entire Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) region, according to former President Fidel V. Ramos.

In his keynote address at Wednesday’s Manila Times Business Forum at the Dusit Hotel in Makati City, Ramos underscored the importance of dialogue, not conflict, in settling “misunderstanding and alarming speculations.”

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