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Europe, China leaders discuss tribunal's ruling
European Council President Donald Tusk said in Beijing that visiting European leaders have discussed an international tribunal's South China Sea ruling with their Chinese counterparts.
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The case regarding the Philippines and China on the South China Sea is heard at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) at The Hague, the Netherlands, July 7, 2015. (Permanent Court of Arbitration via AP/File)
European Council President Donald Tusk said in Beijing that visiting European leaders have discussed an international tribunal's South China Sea ruling with their Chinese counterparts.
He said Wednesday that he hoped the ruling would now be used "to create a positive momentum in finding a solution to the dispute in the South China Sea."
Tusk said Europe would continue to speak out on upholding international law, including when it comes to the United Nation Convention on the Law of the Seas, or UNCLOS.
The case before The Hague tribunal, filed by the Philippines, had centered on the applicability of China's vaguely drawn "nine-dash line" South China Sea boundary under UNCLOS.
The EU has "full confidence" in the arbitration panel and its procedures, Tusk told reporters.
