Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Friday expressed hope that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and China would be able to finalize in three years a binding Code of Conduct to address tensions in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).

Lorenzana was one of the speakers at the Albert del Rosario Institute Stratbase forum held at the Manila Peninsula Hotel in Makati City on Thursday.

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