ASEAN to call for open straits as US-Iran war casts shadow
The draft also repeats calls for self-restraint as fuel shortages and price spikes spread across Southeast Asia, officials said.
- Foreign Ministers gathering in Manila are drafting a communique calling for "freedom of navigation in and overflight above straits," while demanding "unimpeded" passage through the Strait of Hormuz amid the ongoing US-Iran conflict.
- Following joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran, the closure of the Strait of Hormuz triggered regional energy shortages and price spikes, prompting the import-dependent Philippines to declare a national emergency.
- Visiting Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned ASEAN envoys that Iranian control of the strait would set a "dangerous precedent," adding, "There is a fundamental principle about freedom of navigation that is threatened."
- Despite tensions from recent South China Sea clashes, Ambassador Jing Quan insisted that China remains committed to finishing the Code of Conduct talks this year, focusing on "rules of engagement" rather than bilateral disputes.
- Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan expects the Code of Conduct deal to be completed by the ASEAN leaders meeting in Manila this November, as ministers address broader regional security issues.
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Asean ministers to call for open straits
FOREIGN ministers from fuel-stressed Southeast Asia will call for freedom of navigation in international straits when they wrap a week of meetings largely overshadowed by the US-Iran war, according to a draft communique seen by Agence France-Presse (AFP).The draft statement expected to emerge from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) gathering in Manila will also repeat calls for self-restraint in a Middle East conflict that has ca…
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