ASEAN, China fail to conclude South China Sea code of conduct

MANILA: ASEAN and China were unable to conclude negotiations on a long-delayed South China Sea code of conduct under the Philippines’ chairmanship, despite reaching provisional agreement on about 80% of the draft, Manila’s foreign minister said on Sunday. Negotiations on an ASEAN-China Code of Conduct in the South China Sea have dragged on for over two decades, but the Philippines, as current chair, had committed to speed up those talks and conclude the code this year. “There is no conclusion ye

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