Philippines calls for urgency from China, ASEAN in negotiating South China Sea code

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VIENTIANE: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr pressed Southeast Asian leaders and China at a regional summit on Thursday (Oct 10) to urgently speed up negotiations on a code of conduct for the South China Sea, while accusing Beijing of harassment and intimidation. Speaking in Laos to leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Marcos said substantive progress needed to be made and all parties must "be earnestly open to seriously managing

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