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Sea row: Hague court ruling may be delayed as Taiwan group intervenes
BY AT EDITOR on MAY 10, 2016 in ASIA TIMES NEWS & FEATURES, CHINA, SOUTHEAST ASIA
(From Reuters)
A Taiwanese group has intervened in the Philippines’ international court case against China’s claims in the South China Sea, pressing Taipei’s position that Taiwan is entitled to a swathe of the disputed waterway as an economic zone.
A memorial plaque signed by Taiwan President Ma-Ying-jeou, which is engraved with the words ‘Peace in the South China Sea and our national territory secure forever’, is seen in Itu Aba
The unusual submission has emerged just as judges at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague are poised to rule on the Philippines’ landmark case, brought under the United Nations’ Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
The move could delay the judges’ ruling, now expected within two months, and potentially complicates worsening territorial disputes roiling across the vital trade route.
Last month, the judges allowed written evidence from the government-linked Chinese (Taiwan) Society of International Law, even though Taiwan is neither a member of the United Nations, nor a signatory to UNCLOS, legal and diplomatic sources said.
BY AT EDITOR on MAY 10, 2016 in ASIA TIMES NEWS & FEATURES, CHINA, SOUTHEAST ASIA
(From Reuters)
A Taiwanese group has intervened in the Philippines’ international court case against China’s claims in the South China Sea, pressing Taipei’s position that Taiwan is entitled to a swathe of the disputed waterway as an economic zone.
A memorial plaque signed by Taiwan President Ma-Ying-jeou, which is engraved with the words ‘Peace in the South China Sea and our national territory secure forever’, is seen in Itu Aba
The unusual submission has emerged just as judges at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague are poised to rule on the Philippines’ landmark case, brought under the United Nations’ Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
The move could delay the judges’ ruling, now expected within two months, and potentially complicates worsening territorial disputes roiling across the vital trade route.
Last month, the judges allowed written evidence from the government-linked Chinese (Taiwan) Society of International Law, even though Taiwan is neither a member of the United Nations, nor a signatory to UNCLOS, legal and diplomatic sources said.
