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RI to hold workshop on South China Sea
In an effort to prevent the dispute from further escalating, Indonesia is organizing a workshop on the South China Sea territorial dispute from Thursday to Saturday in Yogyakarta, the Foreign Ministry announced
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n an effort to prevent the dispute from further escalating, Indonesia is organizing a workshop on the South China Sea territorial dispute from Thursday to Saturday in Yogyakarta, the Foreign Ministry announced.
The South China Sea ' known in China as the South Sea, in Vietnam as the East Sea and in the Philippines as the West Philippines Sea ' is a region rich in aquatic life and hydrocarbon reserves and provides the shortest route between the Indian and western Pacific oceans.
The 23rd Workshop on Managing Potential Conflict in the South China Sea was organized by the Policy Analysis and Development Agency at the Foreign Ministry and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies.
'The workshop aims to: 1) Manage the potential conflict through cooperation. 2) Promote confidence building measures to increase mutual understanding. 3) Promote an exchange of views through dialogue on certain issues,' the ministry said in a statement posted on its website.
