{"id":132216,"date":"2017-11-18T20:11:36","date_gmt":"2017-11-19T01:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=132216"},"modified":"2017-11-18T20:11:36","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T01:11:36","slug":"palace-thanks-filipinos-for-tremendous-success-of-asean-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/18\/palace-thanks-filipinos-for-tremendous-success-of-asean-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace thanks Filipinos for \u2018tremendous success\u2019 of ASEAN Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MANILA \u2014 Malaca\u00f1ang has extended its gratitude to all Filipinos for their contribution to the \u201ctremendous success\u201d of the Philippines\u2019 hosting of the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, in a press briefing Thursday, said the country\u2019s Chairmanship of ASEAN 2017 was generally peaceful, orderly, and fruitful, owing to the Filipino people\u2019s support and cooperation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019d like to thank everyone, most especially the Filipino people, for the support and cooperation [in] making this event peaceful, orderly, fruitful, and very much a success,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

He stressed that the success of the momentous event is indicative of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte\u2019s ability to lead the country towards global recognition.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe world community now recognizes not only the fact that the Philippine President is not just the President of the Philippines, a leader of Southeast Asia, but a recognized leader in the international community,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd they have also given notice that the Philippines is able to competently host a bidding, a meeting of this scale and scope. And the fact that there was no untoward incident proves that the Philippines is safe to visit,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s ASEAN Summit also set in motion a number of constructive negotiations among ASEAN member states and their dialogue partners, the Cabinet official noted.<\/p>\n

For one, Roque cited discussions during the Summit, which led to an agreement between ASEAN and China to start formal talks on the Code of Conduct (COC) in the West Philippine Sea. The talks are set to commence early next year, he announced.<\/p>\n

Roque described this as a \u201cmilestone agreement,\u201d stressing that this was the first time claimant countries have agreed to start formal discussions on a CoC that is expected to be legally binding.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think all the parties want it to be somehow legally binding. Otherwise, if it\u2019s merely aspirational,\u201d Roque said. \u201cI think that was a priority of the President because unless it becomes legally binding, we would not achieve the kind of predictability that all the countries want in order to achieve peace and stability in the region,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Roque added that there is now easing of tensions in the disputed territories due to the countries\u2019 willingness to adopt a more peaceful resolution to the conflict.<\/p>\n

The Philippines for its part remains open to conducting bilateral talks with other claimant states, including China, the Spokesperson noted.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Duterte has been consistent that he is open to bilateral talks as far as resolving the conflict is concerned. He has said it time and again that he does not see any utility in talking to third parties who are not parties to the conflict,\u201d Roque said.\u00a0 (PCO-Content)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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