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Philippines, Brunei ink deal to peacefully resolve maritime, regional conflicts

Philippines, Brunei ink deal to peacefully resolve maritime, regional conflicts

Katrina Domingo,

ABS-CBN News

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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. attends a state banquet in Brunei with Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. Presidential Communications Office BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday said that the Philippines and Brunei have signed a diplomatic agreement for the peaceful resolution of maritime and regional conflicts.

Under the agreement, the two countries will establish a “bilateral mechanism for us to have that line of communication” that can be used in the resolution of conflicts, Marcos Jr. told reporters here.

“The closest we came to any kind of defense agreement was a diplomatic document that we both endorse a peaceful resolution to any conflict between our two countries and within the region,” he said.

“There is very little room for misunderstandings or mistakes,” he said.

The Philippines and Brunei both have claims in the South China Sea, a resource-rich waterway which China has been illegally claiming as almost entirely theirs.

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While Manila has been a vocal critic of Beijing’s sweeping claims in the South China Sea, several analysts have regarded Bandar Seri Begawan as a “silent claimant” of the strategic waterway, where trillions-worth of seaborne goods pass through annually.

But in 2020, Brunei’s Foreign Ministry issued a rare statement on the South China Sea amid China’s continued illegal incursions in the strategic waterway, saying that “negotiations on the South China Sea should be resolved in accordance with the 1982 UNCLOS and the rules and principles of international law.

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