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View all search resultsPresident Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is scheduled to visit Natuna, Riau Islands, on Thursday. This will be his second visit to Natuna in the last five months after he visited the area to inspect naval patrols on the border of the South China Sea on June 23.
Japan on Friday said the international community should remain firm in its support to an arbitration ruling in favour of the Philippines to stop China’s incursions into other countries’ waters in the South China Sea.
Foreign ministers of ASEAN member countries and China have reaffirmed their commitment to maintaining peace and stability in the disputed South China Sea through the framework of the Declaration of Conduct of Parties (DOC), according a statement released on Monday.
Southeast Asia's main grouping failed to reach a consensus on how to deal with China's territorial expansion in the South China Sea, intensifying a diplomatic stalemate that officials said they hope to resolve in further closed-door parleys on Sunday.
Southeast Asia's main grouping opened a meeting of their foreign ministers Sunday, deeply divided on how to deal with China's territorial expansion in the South China Sea that has impacted some of its members and whipped up an increasing diplomatic quagmire.
Indonesia is seeking foreign investors to set up joint ventures to develop fisheries in the Natuna and Riau islands, a move that could eventually help establish peace in the South China Sea, a senior minister has said.
The latest intrusion prompted a strong display of displeasure to be shown by Indonesian authorities. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo paid a visit to the Natuna Islands, accompanied by the foreign minister and military top brass, with the intention of proving a point: to intrude as a pretext to test Indonesia’s determination to uphold its legitimate UNCLOS-backed EEZ rights will backfire.
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