Maritime legal experts from the ten Member States of the Associaiton of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will meet Thursday at a hotel in Pasay City to discuss the Philippine proposal for a Zone of Peace, Freedom, Friendship and Cooperation (ZoPFF/C) in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), Manila Bulletin reports.
The ASEAN Maritime Legal Experts' Meeting was based on the decision of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers at the 44th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM) in Bali for the ASEAN Senior Officials to study the proposal with the assistance of maritime legal experts.
The Meeting seeks to establish a common understanding among ASEAN Member States on the ZoPFF/C proposal.
The ASEAN Maritime Legal Experts' Meeting was based on the decision of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers at the 44th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM) in Bali for the ASEAN Senior Officials to study the proposal with the assistance of maritime legal experts.
The Meeting seeks to establish a common understanding among ASEAN Member States on the ZoPFF/C proposal.