MANILA – Foreign Affairs Sec. Alan Peter Cayetano on Tuesday said he did not intend to disrespect former President Benigno Aquino III when he posted an open letter hitting the ex-chief executive for losing control of shoals in the West Philippine Sea to China during his presidency. “I meant no disrespect to him and I […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to visit to the Philippines by the end of this year in the latest sign of improved relations between the two sides, Philippine Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said. Cayetano also said President Rodrigo Duterte has approved a proposal to form a group to study plans for the Philippines […]
The United States made clear its position that the Code of Conduct on the South China Sea should also include the concerns and rights of third parties during its meetings with Southeast Asian foreign ministers in Singapore. In a teleconference on Tuesday with reporters, US Mission to ASEAN Charges d’Affaires Piper Campbell said US Secretary […]
MANILA — The Philippines will not allow oil and gas deposits in the South China Sea to be harvested “unilaterally,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said Tuesday. Former President Benigno Aquino had said that Manila had “no obligation” to share resources with Beijing, as incumbent President Rodrigo Duterte worked on possible joint exploration with […]
Malacañang is open to the holding of military drills between China and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) as proposed by Beijing. China was reported to have proposed the holding of military exercises with Asean countries but these exercises should not include the United States. Speaking to reporters in Malita, Davao Occidental […]
Malacañang is open to the holding of military drills between China and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) as proposed by Beijing. China was reported to have proposed the holding of military exercises with Asean countries but these exercises should not include the United States. Speaking to reporters in Malita, Davao Occidental […]
The Philippine flag flutters from BRP Sierra Madre on the disputed Second Thomas Shoalin the South China Sea on March 29, 2014. Erik De Castro, Reuters MANILA — The Philippines will not allow oil and gas deposits in the South China Sea to be harvested “unilaterally,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said Tuesday. Former […]
The US has suggested China is using the South China Sea code of conduct to pressure ASEAN states to accept their South China Sea claims. Experts have told The Australian Beijing is attempting to use the negotiations to minimise the presence of the US Navy and the Australian Navy in the sea. Last week ASEAN […]
The rule of international law will stand or fall on the confidence of civilian mariners to operate where and how they please within the boundaries of their international legal rights. The United States’ present approach to countering China’s continued creeping aggression in the South China Sea has failed. The U.S. Navy is not achieving it […]
China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations now have a single text to negotiate a code of conduct in the South China Sea, where four Asean member countries – Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam – are locked in territorial disputes with Beijing. The announcement, which came on Thursday during the Asean-China ministerial meeting, […]