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Philippines calls 4-party assembly on sea disputes
November 21, 2012 08:55 GMT
MANILA, Philippines (AP) The Philippines says it will horde a assembly subsequent month with 3 other Southeast Asian countries on how to understanding with opposing territorial claims in a South China Sea as good as with China that declares a whole area as a own.
Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario pronounced Wednesday that there was no specific bulletin nonetheless for a Dec. 12 assembly in Manila with Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam.
The vice-ministerial turn assembly defies Beijings proceed to settle a territorial conflicts bilaterally and is a step outward a proportions of a Association of Southeast Asian Nations, that includes all 4 and also several countries tighten to China.
The 10-member confederation resolved a annual limit on Tuesday but reaching any accord on a nautical disputes.
VN MADE » Philippines calls 4-party meeting on sea disputes
Acquino III quarrelled ferociously with the host, Mr. Hun Sen, PM of Cambodia, in the last ASEAN meetings.
PM Hun Sen refused to allow the Philippines to exploit the ASEAN meetings as a platform for anti-China activities.
In this respect, Acquino only has Vietnam as his partner.
The rest of the ASEAN members do not want to get involved in Acquino and Vietnam's conflicts with China over the South China Sea islands (the Spratlys).
Acquino III left the meeting with anger, and he vowed to initiate a 4-party meeting with VN, Malaysia and Brunei.
But the latter 2 are not stupid, and refused to be used by Manila in the conflicts. They rejected Acquino's invitation yesterday!
Morevover, the Philippines also has land conflicts with Malaysia too.
Acquino is very isolated in ASEAN.
Thailand, Laos, Burma, and Cambodia are pro-China, while the S. China Sea islands have nothing to do with these 4 countries. Now Malaysia and Brunei explicitly told Acquino that they won't get involved.
So much negative propaganda has been stirred up by Manila and supporters all over the world in the last while. They alleged that all the ASEAN countries are against "evil" China.
But you always need to read such anti-China propaganda with skepticism!
Malaysia & Brunei rejected Acquino's invitation to meeting about S. China Sea - Topix
lol, Malaysia and Brunei are not idiots. Why get problems with neighbour, China?
I hope Malaysia and Brunei go the same path Pakistan did with China.
I hope Malaysia and Brunei have as strong relations with China as Pakistan has.
Phillipines is being stupid.