Still no substitute for dialogue
(Statement of former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., founding chairman, International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP), on a Formula for a Comprehensive Negotiated Settlement in the China Sea.)
MANILA, Philippines — Temporarily shelve the issue of sovereignty, joint drilling for oil and gas under equitable profit-sharing, open seas, UNCLOS, withdrawal from armed garrison and demilitarization, tourism and other modes of economic development, Zone of peace: Solutions to crisis in China Sea
The rising risks of conflict and armed clashes in the South China Sea, or what the Philippines now calls the West Philippine Sea or Vietnam’s East Sea, as large as the Mediterranean, compels us to offer a comprehensive formula for a general settlement, especially among the three “frontline states” in case of war – God forbid – among the Philippines, China, and Vietnam.
And in the midst of incendiary rhetoric flowing freely from various capitals across the sea, the bottomline remains: there is still no substitute for dialogue and a negotiated political settlement.
Recently in Hanoi, before the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), I proposed “Open Seas,” Temporary Shelving the Issue of Sovereignty to make way for Joint Oil-and-Gas Drilling under an Equitable Profit-Sharing Formula (considering some of the oil-rich nations of the Middle East and North Africa are in turmoil), observance now to the extent possible, of UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea), withdrawal from the armed garrisons in the Spratlys, or demilitarization of the area, tourism and other modes of economic development and full conversion to a Zone of Peace, Friendship and Development as a comprehensive solution to the continuing crisis in the South China Sea.
The Philippines and Vietnam accused China of trying to intimidate rival claimants to the Spratlys islands. For his part, China’s Defense Minister Liang Guanglie, attending the Singapore “Shangri-la Dialogue” forum for the first time, warned against “alliances directed at third parties,”seeming to imply the Philippines and Vietnam are plotting to deny to China the strategic South China Sea and its reputed rich oil and gas resources.
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