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ASEAN deadlocked on South China Sea after Cambodia blocks statement
reuters ^ | 07/24/2016 | Manuel Mogato and Simon Webb

Posted on 07/24/2016 5:03:32 AM PDT by BenLurkin

Southeast Asian nations failed to find common ground on maritime disputes in the South China Sea on Sunday after Cambodia stuck to its demand the group make no reference to an international court ruling against Beijing in a statement, diplomats said.

Foreign ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) met for the first time since the U.N.-backed Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague handed an emphatic legal victory to the Philippines in the maritime dispute earlier this month.

The ruling denied China's sweeping claims in the strategic seaway, through which more than $5 trillion in global trade passes each year.

China claims most of the sea, but ASEAN members the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei all have rival claims. Beijing says the ruling has no bearing on its rights in the sea, and described the case as a farce.

he Philippines and Vietnam both wanted the communique issued by ASEAN foreign ministers to refer to the ruling and the need to respect international law, ASEAN diplomats said on Sunday. Their foreign ministers both discussed the ruling in the closed-door meeting with ASEAN counterparts in Laos on Sunday, sources said.

But in the run up to the meeting, China's closest ASEAN ally Cambodia has put up opposition to mentioning the ruling, throwing the group into disarray. Cambodia supports China's opposition to an ASEAN stand on the South China Sea, and Beijing's preference for dealing with the disputed claims on a bilateral basis.

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1 posted on 07/24/2016 5:03:32 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Yeah.
Ain’t these here inter-national-ist GROUP organizations so damn wunnerful??

Shouldn’t WE join more?


2 posted on 07/24/2016 5:15:45 AM PDT by Flintlock (The ballot box STOLEN, our soapbox taken away--the BULLET BOX is left to us.)
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To: BenLurkin
"The ruling denied China's sweeping claims in the strategic seaway..."

Good for the Philippines!

3 posted on 07/24/2016 5:16:56 AM PDT by Mr Apple ( HILLARY CLINTON > COOKIES CHOCOLATES DESSERTS & JARS & JARS OF CASHEWS.....the WALRUS LOOK)
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