Philippines to Urge China to Start Sea Code Talks at Summit
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Philippine President Benigno Aquino will urge China to start negotiations on a set of rules to avoid conflict in the South China Sea during a regional summit next week, a government official said.
The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations in July agreed on a code of conduct for operating in the waters. China, undergoing a once-in-a-decade leadership transition, said at the time it will start talks with Asean “when conditions are ripe,” according to the official Xinhua News Agency.