Pinas miani og suporta sa Spratly dispute

by | Jul 18, 2011 | Headlines, National News

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, July 18 (PIA)–Malipayon’g gidawat ni Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario ang gisang-at nga House Resolution No. 352 nga nanawagan alang sa “peaceful and collaborative resolution of maritime territorial disputes in the South China
Sea and its environs and other maritime areas adjacent to the East Asian mainland” sa ubang miyembro sa United States House of Representatives.

Sa taho sa Philippine Embassy sa Washington D.C., si Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Chair sa United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, ang nisang-at sa House Resolution ug co-sponsors niini silang Representative Don Manzullo, Chairman sa House Subcommitttee on Asia and the Pacific, ug Representative Eni Faleomavaega, Ranking Member sa House Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.

Adunay 27  ka magbabalaod nga nag-co-sponsor sa resolusyon nga gilangkoban sa 18 ka Republicans ug 9 ka Democrats.  Suportado sa House Resolution ang posisyon sa Pilipinas sa malinawon, multilateral ug rule-based settlement sa kasungi-an sa Spratly Islands base sa international law ug gikondena ang paggamit og puwersa aron maresolba ang problema.

Sa maong resolusyon, pipila ka probisyon ang nahimong gibasihan, apil na ang giingon niadtong Hunyo 23, 2011 ni Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sa nibisitang si Foreign Secretary Del Rosario nga determinado kini ug committed aron suportahan ang pagdepensa sa Pilipinas.

Gitumbok usab sa resolusyon ang giingon ni Secretary Del Rosario nga ang Pilipinas usa lamang ka gamay nga nasud apan andam mohimo sa bisan unsang angay buhaton aron mapanalipdan ang teritoryo niini.  Nakabutang usab sa probisyon ang pahayag sa US nga andam kining tabangan ang Pilipinas aron imo-dernisa ang militar.

Nauna niini, gi-aprubahan sa US Senate ang resolusyong gisang-at ni Senator Jim Webb nga nisupak sa paggamit og puwersa sa China sa South China Sea ug nanawagan og malinawon,  multilateral resolution sa maritime territorial disputes sa Southeast Asia. (PIABohol/ecb)

Palace welcomes China’s statement on Spratly row

by | Jun 15, 2011 | Headlines, National News

MALACAÑANG welcomed the recent statement made by the Chinese foreign ministry saying the Chinese government will not resort to the use of force to settle the dispute in the South China Sea.  China on Tuesday vowed not to use force in settling the Spratly issue and called for more dialogue to resolve the long-standing territorial disputes in the area.

“The statement from the Chinese foreign ministry is optimistic. It’s good that we heard them say that they are not going to resort to the use of force.  It’s something that we certainly welcome,”  Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said in the press briefing in Malacanang on Wednesday.

“So at least we have in the region an assurance that no use of force will be necessary to resolve the situation,” Lacierda stressed.

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said China hopes other claimant countries will do
more for peace and stability in the region.  Tensions between China and other claimants to the South China Sea escalated last week following a war of words.  The Philippines and Vietnam in particular have expressed alarm over China’s aggressive actions.

Aside from China, the Philippines and Vietnam, other claimants to the Spratly Islands are Taiwan, Brunei and Malaysia. (PCOO)