US proposes measures to deescalate East Sea tensions
A US Department of State representative at the fourth annual
conference on the East Sea on July 11 presented Washington proposals on
specific steps to ease tensions in the region.
A US Department of State representative at the fourth annual
conference on the East Sea on July 11 presented Washington proposals on
specific steps to ease tensions in the region.
Michael Fuchs, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Strategy and Multilateral Affairs, expressed concern over escalating tensions in the East Sea and said China’s provocative and unilateral behaviours raise doubts about its willingness in respecting international law.
Fuchs said the US hopes the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China will have a real discussion to fulfil commitments of restraint in the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC), and towards a Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC).
According to the US official, Washington has called on the claimant states to make clear and voluntarily stop the actions that escalate tension in the region, helping create room for peaceful solutions.
He suggested the sides involved recommit to not set up new military bases, and define changes relating to building and upgrading structures in line with the status quo in 2002.
At the conference, lawyer Pau Reichler, attorney and legal adviser for the Philippines in the suit against China at the International Tribute on the Law of the Sea, delivered a speech on China’s nine-dash line claim.
The fourth annual conference on the East Sea was held on July 10 and 11 in Washington DC by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), with the recent trends in the East Sea and US policy to the issue as a focus.
Leading scholars from the US, China, India, Japan, Australia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam participated in the event to seek measures to ease tensions in the region.
Participants analysed the recent developments in the East Sea, especially China ’s illegal placement of its oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 deep inside Vietnam ’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf in early May and the Philippines’ lawsuit against China at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.-VNA
Michael Fuchs, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Strategy and Multilateral Affairs, expressed concern over escalating tensions in the East Sea and said China’s provocative and unilateral behaviours raise doubts about its willingness in respecting international law.
Fuchs said the US hopes the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China will have a real discussion to fulfil commitments of restraint in the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC), and towards a Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC).
According to the US official, Washington has called on the claimant states to make clear and voluntarily stop the actions that escalate tension in the region, helping create room for peaceful solutions.
He suggested the sides involved recommit to not set up new military bases, and define changes relating to building and upgrading structures in line with the status quo in 2002.
At the conference, lawyer Pau Reichler, attorney and legal adviser for the Philippines in the suit against China at the International Tribute on the Law of the Sea, delivered a speech on China’s nine-dash line claim.
The fourth annual conference on the East Sea was held on July 10 and 11 in Washington DC by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), with the recent trends in the East Sea and US policy to the issue as a focus.
Leading scholars from the US, China, India, Japan, Australia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam participated in the event to seek measures to ease tensions in the region.
Participants analysed the recent developments in the East Sea, especially China ’s illegal placement of its oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 deep inside Vietnam ’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf in early May and the Philippines’ lawsuit against China at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.-VNA
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