China tells Japan to stop interfering in South China Sea

Regarding the possibility of joint exploration with China in the South China Sea, Philippine Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio explained that the Duterte administration can not enter into an agreement for joint development of the areas or resources within the country’s exclusive economic zone because the Philippine Constitution prohibits this.

On Monday, China’s Ministry of Transport announced the completion of four lighthouses on several islands in Truong Sa, Spokesperson Binh added.

China, which did not take part in the arbitration, has already rejected the ruling.

“Marine nuclear power platform construction will be used to support China’s effective control in the South China Sea”, the website of the state-run Global Times cited the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) as saying on a social media account.

European Council President Donald Tusk said the EU backs the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, on which Manila based its case.

He said: “Carefully talk and cautiously behave”. “Our talks were hard, tough, but also promising”.

The verdict was discussed on Thursday between Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith ahead of a regional summit in Mongolia.

SENATOR Richard Gordon has proposed that the Philippines should engage China and all the other nation claimants in multilateral talks to be able to find a more workable solution to the South China Sea dispute.

Three member states-Croatia, Hungary and Greece-repeatedly blocked a statement from the 28 member states on the ruling.

Ei Sun Oh, principal adviser of Malaysia-based think-tank Pacific Research Centre, also said that he does not rule out the possibility of Vietnam seeking a similar arbitration, emboldened by the favourable ruling the Philippines received.

There was no bilateral meeting between the Chinese and Philippines foreign ministers, a Philippine diplomatic source told Reuters, though the Chinese initially requested a meeting at the beginning of the summit.

Kawamura described the exchange as “frank and candid” and Chinese state media accounts described the Chinese leader telling Abe that Japan should “stop hyping up and interfering” in the dispute.

Japan has no territorial claims or economic rights in the South China Sea.

Pressure on the South China Sea dispute would make this maritime territory, which is rich in natural resources, a “cradle of war”, the Chinese regime says. The tribunal ruled China had no historical rights and its nine-dash map had no legal basis.

Even the worldwide community prefers peaceful conflict resolution.

Yasay said the Philippines “attaches great importance to measures that will restore trust and confidence among parties in the region”.

China has vowed to ignore the ruling.

The United States has no claims of its own within the vast area, but insists that all shipping has a right to pass through seas it regards as global waters.

“The award is a historic win not only for the Philippines but for the worldwide community because it renews the humanity’s faith in a rules-based global order”, Calida said in a speech. “We will be patient of course and hopefully China will show the same grace that we have shown”, Calida added.