The Chinese experts on the issues
with the surrounding disputes on South China Sea rejected Philippines’ TAP (proposed
triple action plan) aims to reduce escalating tensions among claimant countries
over the contested waters.
China’s expert think—tank NISCSS
(National Institute for South China Sea Studies) told Philippine media
delegation that TAP cannot be implemented since Philippines filed arbitration
case before International Tribunal on the Laws of the Seas (ITLOS).
The president and senior research
fellow of the NISCSS Wu Shicun, said that TAP did not take off because Philippines
went on file the said arbitration case, which supposed to be final approach in
settling dispute over the overlapping of territorial boundaries of the claimant
countries.
“Why did China had no response to
the initiatives? (It is) because the Philippines itself has not followed its
initiatives. For example, according to the triple action plan, the South China
dispute (should be resolved in stages),” Wu pointed out.
“Philippines jumped out or skipped
the final stage to solve South China Sea by the international jurisprudence or
arbitration,” Wu added.
He also believed that TAP was
crafted by Philippines after China built artificial islands in West Philippine
Sea.
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