INQUIRER.net: Aquino to attend 9 meetings in Asean summit, none with China

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Aquino to attend 9 meetings in Asean summit, none with China Oct 3rd 2013, 00:39 MANILA, Philippines—President Aquino is set to attend nine meetings at the 23rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit in Brunei next week but has arranged no bilateral discussions with China, which has occupied Scarborough Shoal and lays claim on Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).   Foreign Affairs spokesperson Raul Hernandez said on Wednesday that the Philippines would stick to its position that the territorial dispute would be best resolved in the arbitral tribunal and the completion of a Code of Conduct (COC) on the South China Sea by the 10-member Asean.   "It never came up in our meetings," Hernandez said when ... Keep on reading: Aquino to attend 9 meetings in Asean summit, none with China Media files: benigno-aquino-iii-ann-inquirer.jpg (image/jpeg)

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