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View all search resultsThe onset of the COVID-19 pandemic this year has become a major stumbling block for ASEAN and China to conclude talks on a code of conduct (COC) in the South China Sea by 2021, as negotiators were unable to meet physically to negotiate the instrument.
The South China Sea has not been spared the nail-biting tension of 2020. As claimant states are preoccupied with efforts to fight the pandemic, numerous worrying incidents have occurred within the maritime territory, exacerbating the animosity among the states.
The United States has called for China and ASEAN member states to be more transparent in their ongoing negotiations on the Code of Conduct (COC) on the South China Sea, following the US’ latest declaration that China’s activities in the disputed waters are “completely unlawful”.
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has spilled over into regional geopolitics as it threatens to delay the completion of the elusive Code of Conduct (COC) for the South China Sea, with ASEAN and Chinese officials unable to meet face-to-face at the negotiating table.
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