MANILA: Australia, Japan and the United States on Monday urged Southeast Asian nations and China to ensure that a South China Sea code of conduct they have committed to draft will be legally binding. The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China should…
MANILA: Australia, Japan and the United States on Monday urged Southeast Asian nations and China to ensure that a South China Sea code of conduct they have committed to draft will be legally binding.
The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China should establish a set of rules that were « legally binding, meaningful, effective, and consistent with international law, » the foreign ministers of the three countries said in a statement following a meeting in Manila.
