China’s move to gain support from other countries

Philippines has won support from Indonesia, Brunei and Vietnam for a plan to alleviate tensions in South China Sea in which this intends to present bilateral meeting within this week.

Several Southeast Asian neighbors and China embroiled in an increasingly pungent territorial dispute with China’s aggressive territorial reclamation that will let them own almost entirely in the South China Sea.


The Philippine Authorities plan for an immediate cessation on activities which escalates the tensions and the code of conduct implementation in the sea, which were the home of shipping routes and believed to be a top of gas and oil deposits.

The plan which will be presented to the ASEAN meeting this week in Myanmar, was raised during the recent visit of Secretary del Rosiario in Vietnam, Indonesia ad Brunei.

The Secretary purposely visits those countries in order to raise a triple action plan in which these countries have positively expressed their support. The ASEAN includes Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Brunei, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore and Philippines.


A security dialogue will also be included involving 27 countries. This includes ASEAN members together with South Korea, Japan, Australia, Russia, United States and China.

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