00:00President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. called for a faster progress in the negotiation on the ASEAN-China Code of Conduct.
00:09At the 27th ASEAN-China Summit in Laos, the President emphasized the importance of adhering to international law.
00:17Claizel Pardilla has a report.
00:21President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. called for a faster progress in the negotiation on the ASEAN-China Code of Conduct.
00:33The President said this in front of ASEAN leaders and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the 27th ASEAN-China Summit in Vientiane, Laos.
00:44Despite the dialogues between the Philippines and China, the continued violence of China in the West Philippine Sea is saddening,
00:53such as the bombing of water, bombing of our ships, laser-pointing of our airplanes, and threats to the Philippine troops
01:03that are just carrying out maritime patrol and resupply missions in the West Philippine Sea.
01:08President Marcos Jr. criticized the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
01:14and the 1972 Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea.
01:20He emphasized the geographical scope, relation of the Code of Conduct and the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea,
01:29as well as the unfavorable definition of self-restraint or self-defense.
01:35At the 27th ASEAN-Japan Summit, President Marcos encouraged the leaders of the country to maintain security and cooperation at sea,
01:45such as territorial integrity and to stop the spread of the use of nuclear weapons.
01:51President Marcos believes that the transnational problem, including the actions in the South and East China Sea,
02:00President Marcos asked at the bilateral meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
02:06to continue to support and endorse the Group of Seven, or G7, position of the Philippines in the West Philippine Sea.
02:15The G7 are the countries with the largest economy,
02:19Japan, the United States, France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom.
02:24President Marcos also thanked Canada for its support of the Philippines in the Rule of Law,
02:30which is the Law of the Sea, for national television in the new Philippines.
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