(VOVworld) – A conference discussing maritime challenges to ASEAN and possible solutions to the East Sea disputes took place in Yangon, Myanmar on April 24. The ore than 150 delegates were officials, diplomats, and researchers from Myanmar, the US, Australia, Japan, China, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam.
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Myanmar Foreign Minsiter U Thant Kyaw said the conference aimed to provide delegates with precise, substantial, and subjective information on the East Sea disputes, maritime challenges to ASEAN and regional stability, and their roles in resolving disputes in the East Sea.
ASEAN General Secretary Le Luong Minh affirmed ASEAN’s role and responsibility to seek peaceful solutions on the East Sea disputes and the signing of the Code of Conduct (COC) on the East Sea to create a legal foundation for handling disputes.
Delegates analyzed recent disputes between China and some ASEAN countries in the East Sea, China’s arbitrary U-shaped line, and other marine challenges.