Sen. Risa Hontiveros(Senate of the Philippines / MANILA BULLETIN)
Senator Risa Hontiveros said the ASEAN should stand together against China’s “bullying” and strengthen its cooperation to counter Beijing’s territorial claims in the region.
“The ASEAN should stand together against China’s bullying. We should put our differences aside and work towards the common goal of opposing unfounded and over-ambitious Chinese territorial claims in the region,” Hontiveros said in a statement.
“The ASEAN should be able to compel China to reach a consensus on the Code of Conduct for the South China Sea,” she stressed.
The senator warned that if ASEAN fails to adopt a common stand on the South China Sea, the Philippines couldn’t safeguard “our shared interests.”
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