THE PHILIPPINES will promote a rules-based order amid intrusions into its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea during the summit of Southeast Asian leaders in Laos this week, its leader said on Tuesday just as China fired water cannons at Philippine fishery bureau ships.
President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. said his country continues to grapple with the “sharpening regional tensions,” citing “recent dangerous incidents” within the Philippine EEZ.
“I intend to champion our advocacies in promoting an open, inclusive, and rules-based international order, he said in a speech before flying to Laos for the 44th and 45th summits of the Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN).
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