Framework of South China Sea code skirts thorny issues with China

August 03, 2017 12:11 PM

MANILA – A two-page “framework” of a code of conduct (COC) meant to prevent conflicting territorial claims in the South China Sea from erupting into violent confrontations will neither guarantee a legally binding arrangement or raise specific issues that has provoked Beijing.

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