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Malaysia supports RP call for Unclos resolution to Panatag standoff 05/30/2012

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Malaysia supports RP call for Unclos resolution to Panatag standoff

05/30/2012
Malaysia has voiced out support for the Philippine position that the resolution of the Panatag Shoal dispute with China should be based on the United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Vice President Jejomar Binay revealed yesterday.

In a related development, Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Voltaire Gazmin held a bilateral talk with his Chinese counterpart — Defense Minister Liang Guanglie — in Cambodia where they agreed to keep the communication lines open amid the continuing standoff at the disputed Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal.

In Binay’s meeting at the Malaysian Prime Minister’s office, Malaysian Prime Minister Dato Sri Najib Tun Razak had favored the participation of member-countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) who were also claimants to the Spratlys in talks to resolve the Panatag dispute..... MORE

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