The government is determined to stand by the rule of law in its claim on parts of the West Philippine Sea(WPS)(
“Legally, we file the case before the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea,” Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said in a Palace media briefing.
“What we wish to emphasize is that we have always abided by a rules-based regime in coming up with a resolution to the
Lacierda raised the issue in reaction to reports that Code of Conduct in the West Philippine Sea will be the main agenda of the China-ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Tuesday which is being held in
He said that the draft Code of Conduct has been previously given already to the Chinese.
“It has been given to the Chinese for the review,” the Malacanang official said.
“We certainly would hope that the Code of Conduct would move forward in order to lay clearly the base or rules on the Code of Conduct for the
He also said that Malacanang maintained that the resolution to the
“Because you have a number of neighboring countries disputing waters in the
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