Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr proposed the establishment of an Asean maritime centre to coordinate efforts in tackling illicit activities such as illegal fishing, smuggling, and human trafficking in the South China Sea. He emphasized that the centre would help enhance vessel monitoring and coordinate efforts in maintaining regional security and respecting territorial rights.
Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr said the proposed maritime centre would help coordinate efforts in tackling illicit activities such as illegal fishing, smuggling, and human trafficking.
He added that the centre would help coordinate efforts in enhancing vessel monitoring and tackling illicit activities such as illegal fishing, smuggling, and human trafficking. The South China Sea is the subject of overlapping border disputes, with seven members of Asean – Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and the Philippines – to the south and southwest, and South China and Taiwan in the north.
China has declared sovereignty over a vast expanse of the sea, through declaration of its so-called ‘nine-dash-line’ which overlaps the exclusive economic zones of Asean members under the UN law of the sea. Geopolitical analysts told FMT yesterday that Asean must move beyond rhetoric as risks to key maritime routes grow, including potential threats to regional chokepoints such as the Strait of Malacca
Asean South China Sea Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr Maritime Centre Tackling Illicit Activities Enhancing Vessel Monitoring
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