Published on Oct 25, 2012 by australianetworknews
South-East Asia has faced fewer more testing subjects in recent years than the array of increasingly bitter disputes with China over territory in the South China Sea.
The issue divided ASEAN when foreign ministers met earlier this year. Leaders will be hoping to paper over the cracks - at the very least - when they get together in Cambodia next month.
And the indications are that they may accept Beijing's demand that the disputes must be resolved individually rather than multilaterally.
ASEAN's Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan is visiting Australia, with progress on freer trade in the region also on his agenda.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/australianetworknews/newsline/
The issue divided ASEAN when foreign ministers met earlier this year. Leaders will be hoping to paper over the cracks - at the very least - when they get together in Cambodia next month.
And the indications are that they may accept Beijing's demand that the disputes must be resolved individually rather than multilaterally.
ASEAN's Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan is visiting Australia, with progress on freer trade in the region also on his agenda.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/australianetworknews/newsline/
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