{"id":76529,"date":"2016-05-29T22:28:21","date_gmt":"2016-05-30T02:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=76529"},"modified":"2016-05-29T22:28:21","modified_gmt":"2016-05-30T02:28:21","slug":"us-not-intervene-arbitration-case-china-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/05\/29\/us-not-intervene-arbitration-case-china-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"US does not intervene in arbitration case against China\u2014Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE PHOTO: Philippines’ delegates to the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague.\u00a0(Facebook<\/a>\u00a0photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u2014A Malacanang official denied on Sunday China’s allegation that the United States is intervening in the arbitration case filed by the Philippines against China over the disputed West Philippine Sea (WPS) or South China Sea.<\/p>\n

\u201dIn our view, we have no proof to that kind of allegation,\u201d Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said in an interview with state-run Radyo ng Bayan.<\/p>\n

He explained that the US\u2019 participation in the international meetings such as Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and US-ASEAN Special Summit was just declaration of support for rules-based and peaceful resolutions of the disputes on maritime entitlements in the WPS.<\/p>\n

\u201dIn all occasions, we have witnessed the US have joined other countries in upholding the principles of freedom of navigation and freedom of overflight,\u201d Coloma said.<\/p>\n

On China\u2019s claims that the international arbitral tribunal is bias in favor of the Philippines, Coloma said the Philippines is just adhering to the rule of law as embodied in the United Nations on Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).<\/p>\n

\u201dAdherence to the rule of law as embodied in the United Nations on Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) has always been the linchpin of Philippine policy,\u201d Coloma said.<\/p>\n

He also said that President Benigno Aquino III \u201chas been determined in pursuing an advocacy for a rules-based, peaceful and diplomatic resolution of the disputes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201dIt has gained broad-based support in the international community such as the ASEAN, APEC, Group of Seven or G7, and in the European Union,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Coloma said the advocacy has brought to light the critical importance of upholding freedom of navigation and freedom of overflight and has been the basis for the Philippines\u2019 decision to file a petition with the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague.<\/p>\n

\u201dThis move of the Philippines has been welcomed and encouraged by many nations,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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