BANGKOK (BLOOMBERG) - Rising tensions in the South China Sea and the fallout from US-China trade war are set to dominate talks this week as top diplomats converge in Bangkok for a key Southeast Asia summit.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BANGKOK - Rising tensions in the South China Sea and the fallout from US-China trade war are set to dominate talks this week as top diplomats converge in Bangkok for a key Southeast Asia summit.
Still, China will be looking to further advance a long-anticipated maritime code of conduct with Asean - Southeast Asia's 10-nation bloc - after the two sides agreed to a preliminary draft, an Indonesian official said on Monday. TRADE TENSIONS North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho will not be attending, Yonhap News reported last week, dashing any chance of a meeting with US officials. It would have been the first encounter between the two sides since US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un shook hands in the Demilitarised Zone last month.
For China, the meetings will serve as an opportunity to curb growing anxieties from Southeast Asian countries like the Philippines, who accuse them of deploying their Coast Guard and maritime militias to assert control in the South China Sea. "We are envisaging the continuation of the negotiation between Asean and China on the single draft negotiating text of the code of conduct moving to the next stage," Mr Tavares said.
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