the philippine scholar's remarks won warm applause from the audience
2024-09-14
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reference news reported on september 14(text/gao fei, chen xin, he juan) "china and the philippines once coexisted peacefully for more than 1,000 years until western countries intervened... we hope to return to a state of friendly coexistence. the south china sea should be the source of our cooperation, the source of our connectivity, and the source of our common experience."
on the afternoon of the 13th, luo wanwei, chairman of the philippine national security studies association, won warm applause from the audience for his emotional statement at the parallel group meeting on "asean and asia-pacific security architecture" of the 11th beijing xiangshan forum.
at this parallel group meeting, the south china sea issue became a hot topic among the participants. luo wanwei, who has participated in the beijing xiangshan forum many times, said that as a party to the south china sea issue, the philippines is actually in a delicate position. it can be a peacemaker in the asia-pacific region, but it may also become a promoter and victim of regional conflicts. the key lies in whether the philippines chooses to recognize the central position of asean or chooses to rely on the intervention of western powers when facing regional issues.
luo wanwei said that the "asean way" should be the cornerstone of the philippines' foreign policy and provides the possibility of peacefully resolving the south china sea issue. for example, the "declaration on the conduct of parties in the south china sea" signed by china and asean countries in 2002 is an important achievement promoted by the "asean way", which is also of great inspiration to the current "code of conduct in the south china sea" consultations.
he said: "the current foreign policy of the philippine government has indeed undermined the unity of asean. we should tell the philippine leaders that the philippines is one of the founding countries of asean and we should insist on resolving regional conflicts, including the south china sea issue, in an asean-centric way."
the 11th beijing xiangshan forum opened in beijing on the 13th. the theme of this forum is "building peace and sharing the future". more than 1,800 guests including official representatives from more than 100 countries and international organizations, experts and scholars, and observers from various countries attended the forum.
this is a group photo of guests attending the beijing xiangshan forum's "asean and asia-pacific security architecture" panel meeting, taken at the beijing international convention center on september 13. (photo by gao fei)
