PHNOM PENH – Efforts to ease tensions in the South China Sea will dominate this week’s Asian security dialogue in Cambodia, analysts say, while the US will be at pains to stress it seeks cooperation with China. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joins the ASEAN Regional Forum in Phnom Penh on Thursday, a few […]
Amid increasing sparring between China and its neighbours over disputed oil blocks in the South China Sea, India on Friday said the region was key to its energy security and the conflict must be resolved peacefully as per international laws. Expressing concern over the escalating tension in the area, India’s Ambassador to Vietnam Ranjit Rae […]
SPRATLY ISLANDS BEIJING : Thailand says it will help China bring about a peaceful resolution to a South China Sea dispute as the kingdom prepares to assume the role of Asean coordinator for China later this month. Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul said China had expressed concern over the South China Sea conflict where four Asean […]
Singapore (Platts)–5Jul2012/508 am EDT/908 GMT Chinese state media have criticized the Philippines for trying to fuel tensions in the South China Sea ahead of an upcoming meeting of Southeast Asian countries next week. “The Philippines is sparing no effort to stir up the South China Sea issue through all sorts of means, and China should […]
5:38 pm | Thursday, July 5th, 2012 DFA spokesman Raul Hernandez. CATHY MIRANDA/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday said that the West Philippine Sea dispute would be discussed in the 45th Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) to be held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia […]
Philippine President Benigno Aquino smiles in front of a presidential seal during a government’s oral immunization program for poor families at the presidential palace in Manila July 2, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Erik De Castro By Manuel Mogato and Stuart Grudgings MANILA | Mon Jul 2, 2012 2:58pm EDT (Reuters) – The Philippines may ask the United […]
By Manuel Mogato and Stuart Grudgings MANILA | Mon Jul 2, 2012 8:43am EDT (Reuters) – The Philippines may ask the United States to deploy spy planes over the South China Sea to help monitor the disputed waters, President Benigno Aquino told Reuters on Monday, a move that could worsen tensions with its giant neighbor […]
MANILA, Philippines—China has withdrawn its boats from the lagoon of a tiny South China Sea shoal following an agreement with the Philippines that at least temporarily eases the countries’ territorial dispute, officials in Manila said Monday. The Philippine government pulled out its two vessels from Scarborough Shoal on June 15, and President Benigno Aquino III […]
MANILA, Philippines — China has withdrawn its boats from the lagoon of a tiny South China Sea shoal following an agreement with the Philippines that at least temporarily eases the countries’ territorial dispute, officials in Manila said Monday. The Philippine government pulled out its two vessels from Scarborough Shoal on June 15, and President Benigno […]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — China has withdrawn its boats from the lagoon of a tiny South China Sea shoal following an agreement with the Philippines that at least temporarily eases the countries’ territorial dispute, officials in Manila said Monday. The Philippine government pulled out its two vessels from Scarborough Shoal on June 15, and President […]