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What a dumb article.
Well, News appeared in long time ago, some sources said Japan donates for free, some said with credits, and some said Japan sell the ships.@WuMaoCleverbot
Not bad, very generous from the Japanese. $11 million each per boat. Philippines can expect 10 vessels, so $110 mil. I read you have some $100 bil forex, just wonder why Japan donates and not sell?
Well, News appeared in long time ago, some sources said Japan donates for free, some said with credits, and some said Japan sell the ships.
I think second or third story is more realistic.
It was a good sign that our country is getting more support in International Community especially Europe.Philippines draws German backing on sea disputes with China
By Fat Reyes in Manila/Philippine Daily Inquirer | Asia News Network – Fri, Feb 8, 2013
Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - [B]A German foreign minister yesterday expressed his country's support for the Philippine position to solve its sea disputes with China under international law,[/B] saying that peaceful resolution was best for the two countries.
In a press briefing yesterday, German Federal Foreign Minister Guido said that the Philippines' territorial disputes with China over the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) were discussed during a meeting with Philippine diplomats and officials and that his country remained supportive of peaceful resolution of the disputes.
"We appeal to all sides to resolve all the questions in accordance with international law and in a peaceful and cooperative way," Westerwelle said in a statement.
Westerwelle and a 12-man delegation from Germany were in Manila for a two-day visit, the first by Germany's top diplomat to the Philippines in 12 years.
For his part, Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario said that he conveyed to his foreign counterpart the Philippine initiative to bring the territorial disputes before an arbitral tribunal under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos) to "clearly establish the county's sovereign rights and jurisdiction over its maritime entitlements in the West Philippine Sea."
"I asked him to continue supporting the Philippine effort for a peaceful and durable solution to this dispute," Del Rosario said in a statement.
Westerwelle, when asked by reporters to explain Germany's support, Del Rosario said that a German professor of international public law was appointed as a judge to the tribunal, and that "all countries in the region, the European Union, have an interest in a stable and peaceful development."
"The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and Chinese economies are closely linked by a free trade agreement and this shows us (that) everyone gains from cooperation and not confrontation," Westerwelle added.
In its "notification of statement and claim" filed before the UN, the Philippines said that it had appointed Judge Rudiger Wolfrum, a German professor of international law who served as president of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea from 2005 to 2008, as part of the arbitral panel .
China claims nearly the entire West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), while the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam and Taiwan have claims to parts of it.
Invoking the Unclos, the Philippines haled China to the UN arbitral tribunal in hopes of compelling Beijing to respect Manila's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and continental shelf encompassing territories in the West Philippine Sea.
China, however, had maintained that it has indisputable sovereignty over the area and that talks should only be on a bilateral basis with the countries directly involved.
Del Rosario, during the briefing, noted that based on his understanding, the Philippines' international partners, including the European Union, had taken the position that "we should seek a peaceful resolution to this dispute and the process of arbitration is considered a peaceful means in seeking this resolution."
Del Rosario also noted that the Philippines and Germany were taking steps to "re-invigorate defence relations" and that a delegation from the German Ministry of Defence (MOD) would be visiting Manila next week to "conduct bilateral discussions" with Philippine defence officials.
Asked whether discussions would involve exchanges in military training or procurement of defence equipment, Del Rosario just said that years ago, the two countries had an agreement which led to the training of Philippine military men in Germany and that the visit of German defence officials was part of a "current initiative to revisit and expand that."
"There will be a German military delegation that will be arriving to revisit this initiative and to work themselves into the possible drafting of a memorandum of understanding that would formalise other means of cooperation," he said.
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Although this thread is not about Vietnam, I can share my thoughts with you, my 10-point plan to resolve the dispute in the South China Sea. I posted the points some time ago. The idea is based on the current status-quo and a peaceful approach:
1# China abandons the 9-dash-claim
2# Vietnam accepts China sovereignty over Paracels including surrounding territorial waters (12 nautical miles)
3# China accepts Vietnam sovereignty over currently occupied Spratly islands including surrounding territorial waters (12 nautical miles)
4# Vietnam accepts China sovereignty over currently occupied Spratly islands including surrounding territorial waters (12 nautical miles)
5# both China and Vietnam give each other fishing rights in surrounding waters of Paracels and Spratlys, both cooperate in searching for oil/gas reserves in the SCS
6# China accepts Vietnam´s EEZ and continential shelf (200 nautical miles and beyond)
7# the SCS administratively to divide into 2 halfs (check map: the parralel line under Paracel islands), North part goes to China, South to Vietnam
8# China and Vietnam sign a 50-year non-aggression pact
9# China and Vietnam guarantee free navigation to all nations
10# China and Vietnam agree on regulary join patrols along the common sea border
I think VN has never accept that!That sounds like a great plan, I wonder why the Two Nations haven't talked more about this? I understand why China needs spartly islands; Not so much wanting the resource but rather China doesn't want to be contained by the US, but I think China can resolve that issue by working with Vietnam instead of claiming sovereignty over the entire spartly islands, that way China won't be as contained and they will have a more friendlier relationship with Vietnam