VIENTIANE, Oct 10 — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos challenged Chinese Premier Li Qiang over recent clashes in the South China Sea at regional summit talks today, as fears...
Altantuya’s convicted killer Azilah avoids death penalty as Federal Court reviews sentence to 40 years and 12 strokes of cane Philippines ’ President Ferdinand Marcos Jr attends the 25th Asean-South Korea Summit during the 44th and 45th Association of South-east Asian Nations Summits in Vientiane October 10, 2024.
Marcos raised the issue in the meeting with Li, arguing that “you cannot separate economic cooperation from political security,” a South-east Asian diplomat who attended the meeting told reporters. The growing frequency and intensity of clashes in the disputed waterway are fuelling fears that the situation could escalate.
But several Asean members — the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia and Brunei — also have competing claims to various small islands and reefs.The meeting with Li comes after a slew of violent clashes, particularly with the Philippines around the Spratly Islands. Beijing responded that the islands are its sovereign territory and its personnel were taking action to stop “illegal fishing” by the Vietnamese.
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