Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – A seminar titled “ASEAN: Peace and Unity after the PCA Ruling” was organised following the ruling of the Arbitral Tribunal in The Hague, the Netherlands, on the case the Philippines brought against China’s claims in the East (South China) Sea .
The event was co-organised by the Worldfuture TV, the News Agency of Bernama, the Malaymail and the Independent Newspapers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on August 30.
Addressing the opening ceremony, Malaysia’s former Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar attached the significance of the East Sea to ASEAN member nations in the fields of economics, politics and security.
He welcomed the PCA’s ruling and reiterated that ASEAN nations need to unite and work together to peacefully solve territorial disputes in the East Sea.
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