At the conference (Source: VNA) Washington (VNA) - The 9th annual CSIS East Seaconference took place inWashington D.C on July 24, focusing on challenges in managing disputes in thesea and international interests related to the sea.
The one-day event, held at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies(CSIS) headquarters by the CSIS Southeast Asia Programme and Asia MaritimeTransparency Initiative, attracted many experts and scholars from researchinstitutes of the US, Indonesia, the Philippines, Australia, China, Malaysia,and Vietnam.
Participants expressed concern over recent developments in the East Sea and therisk of conflict ignited by an incident between disputing parties, and warnedrelevant countries to give clear messages and appropriate changes in theirpolicies to prevent disputes in the sea.
They discussed legal political efforts to manage disputes and promote peace andstability in the East Sea, stressing that regional differences should beresolved by ASEAN countries themselves in line with a Code of Conduct in theEast Sea (COC) and trust building measures.
According to Prashanth Parameswaran from the Diplomat magazine, building trustamong disputing countries in the East Sea is very important.
He raised his concern about the reality that onone hand, countries claim that they want to create a stable environment, but onthe other, they conduct unilateral actions to destabilize the region.
This is repeated in the East Sea issue, he said.
This conference offered a good chance for experts, scholars and journalists to havedeep and multidisciplinary discussions and analysis of developments in the EastSea in recent years, especially recent actions to hinder oil and gasexploitation activities of countries in the sea.-VNA
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