Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Voltaire
Gazmin is hoping the ASEAN Defense Ministers will consider the Philippine
proposal to include coast guards and other maritime forces in the Code of
Unplanned Encounters at Sea (CUES).
At the moment, CUES only covers naval forces.
Gazmin raised this issue during the ASEAN Defense Ministers
Meeting (ADMM) in Vientaine, Laos
The DND chief is hoping the ADMM will "positively
consider" his proposal.
CUES is an agreement reached at the 2014 Western Pacific
Naval Symposium to reduce the chance of an incident at sea between the
countries in the agreement, and - in the event that one occurs - to prevent it
from escalating.
Twenty-one countries have joined the agreement, namely: Australia , Brunei ,
Cambodia , Canada , Chile ,
China , France , Indonesia ,
Japan , Malaysia , New
Zealand , Papua New Guinea ,
Peru , the Philippines , Russia ,
Singapore , South Korea , Thailand ,
Tonga , the United States and Vietnam
Meanwhile, the ministers agreed as indicated in their issued
Joint Declaration that they will commence work on crafting protocols of
interaction to avoid misunderstanding and prevent undesirable incidents in the West Philippine Sea .
The ministers also reiterated the importance of
expeditiously working towards an early conclusion of the Code of Conduct in the
South China Sea .
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