The Jakarta based Habibie Centre hosted the 36th Talking ASEAN Dialogue post The Hague tribunal’s ruling on the East Sea dispute, in the Indonesian capital city on July 26.
On July 12, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague, the Netherlands, issued its ruling on a case brought by the Philippines against China’s nine-dash line claim in the East Sea, saying China’s claims to historic rights for waters within the nine-dash line are contrary to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The tribunal also found no legal basis for China to claim historic rights to resources within the nine-dash line.
The talk was the first of scholars and experts from major research centres and institutes of Indonesia and the country’s Foreign Ministry to define the consequences of the ruling on regional stability, as well as post-ruling challenges and opportunities for the central role of ASEAN in maintaining peace and stability in the region.
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