The verdict on the case filed by the Philippines against China’s territorial claims in the East Sea, in the long term, will substantially contribute to peace and stability in the region.
Philippine Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay, on July 13, announced that the country is leaving open the possibility to discuss with China on implementing the PCA ruling.
The verdict on the case brought by the Philippines against China’s unfounded territorial claims in the East Sea (South China Sea) took centre stage at the CSIS East Sea conference in Washington D.C.
Malaysia and India called for peaceful resolutions in the East Sea after the Hague Tribunal adopted the ruling rejecting China’s historic rights claim in a dispute in the sea area with the Phillipines
The 6th CSIS East Sea conference took place in Washington D.C. on July 12, shortly after the ruling on the Philippines's case against China’s unfounded sovereignty claims in the waters was issued.
The US said the ruling from the PCA in The Hague that China has no historic title over the waters of the East Sea should be treated as final and binding and not bea reason to raise tensions.
There was no legal basis for China to claim historic rights to resources within the sea area enclosed by the 9-dash line as ruled by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, the Netherlands.
Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon on July 12 called on parties concerned in disputes in the East Sea to abide by international law and avoid taking actions that could fuel tensions.
Singapore’s Foreign Ministry has issued a statement calling on parties in the Philippines’s lawsuit against China's claims in the East Sea to fully respect legal and diplomatic processes.
The US has affirmed that the ruling of the Hague tribunal on the Philippines’s lawsuit against China’s claims in the East Sea is an important contribution to the shared goal of a peaceful resolution.
“Vietnam welcomes the arbitration tribunal’s issuance of the final ruling on July 12 and will issue a statement on the ruling’s content,” Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh said on July 12.
The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) on July 12, ruled that China violated the Philippines’s sovereign rights in exploring resources surrounding the Reed Bank in the East Sea.
China’s claims to historic rights for waters within the nine-dash line are contrary to the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague said.
A photo exhibition on the East Sea was held in Seoul, the Republic of Korea (RoK), on July 10 as part of the second Vietnam Culture Day in the country.
An conference discussing on recent developments in the East Sea and relevant policies will be held by the US Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on July 12.
Phu Quoc Island of the Mekong Deta province of Kien Giang is hosting a map and document exhibition, giving locals an insight into Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagoes.
China’s plan to carry out military exercises in an area that covers Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) in the East Sea has once again seriously violated Vietnam’s sovereignty over the archipelago.
There is a firm basis for ASEAN helping settle disputes involving several of its member states and China in the East Sea, said Singaporean Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen.