A center for peace in South China Sea
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CHINA has established a joint research center on the South China Sea to strengthen academic and institutional exchanges and encourage countries in the region to jointly maintain peace and stability.
The inaugural ceremony was held yesterday morning in Boao in south China’s Hainan Province, site of the annual conference of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA).
The China-Southeast Asia Research Center (CSARC) involves well-known think tanks in China and southeast Asian nations such as China’s National Institute for South China Sea Studies and Indonesia’s Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
“We plan to make the CSARC a platform for discussing the South China Sea issue and a model for maritime research cooperation among countries in the region,” said Wu Shicun, president of China’s National Institute for South China Sea Studies.
Wu said the CSARC will invite famous experts on the South China Sea to be researchers, and it plans to hold frequent international symposiums and academic exchanges.
While speaking at a symposium, China’s Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin reaffirmed China’s commitment to a peaceful solution to the South China Sea issue through consultation and negotiation.
Peace and stability in the South China Sea is in China’s interest, and it would also benefit coastal countries and countries that use regional sea routes, he said. Dispute settlement through consultation and negotiation by the involved countries is the key to solving the South China Sea issue.
Liu said a peaceful solution arrived at through consultation and negotiation will highlight the willingness and equality of sovereignty of all countries. It will also be a faithful implementation of international law and basic norms and principles of international relations, as well as the commitment made by China and member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in the Declaration of the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea.
Liu pointed out that arbitration unilaterally lodged by the Philippines had a negative impact on the process.
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