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Is Indonesia’s “big brother” role in the South China Sea dispute a model for the Philippines?

Is Indonesia’s “big brother” role in the South China Sea dispute a model for the Philippines?

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A forum in which business leaders and diplomats from Indonesia and the Filipino community in Jakarta has highlighted how Philippines could learn from its “big brother” in dealing with the complexities of its maritime dispute with Porcelain.

Analysts at the forum titled “West Philippine Sea: Impact on Trade and Investment,” organized on October 25 by the Philippine Business Club in Indonesia, said Manila’s efforts to assert its sovereignty in the South China Sea They are beginning to give positive results.

They highlighted that the member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are increasingly turning to legal avenues to challenge “China’s repressive military power and unwanted total ownership of territory.” South China Sea”.

Speakers highlighted Indonesia’s bilateral ties with the Philippines, and one analyst called for reciprocal efforts by Manila in economic investments, so that both sides can take advantage of their ASEAN membership and work with their neighbors for regional stability based on an order-based in rules.

“Indonesia is aware of the strength of UNCLOS, as Jakarta and Manila fought for the inclusion of the Archipelagic Principle or the Archipelagic Doctrine in the provisions of UNCLOS,” Chester Cabalza, president of the headquartered think tank, told This Week in in Manila International Cooperation for Development and Security. Asia, referring to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

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