MANILA, Philippines — Bill Clinton, a former
American President Bill Clinton believes mutual talks between China and the
Philippines are not the best solution to resolve the conflicts between
claimants in South China Sea.
Last week, when he was in Vietnam, Clinton,
that China can threaten its smaller neighbors like the Philippines and Vietnam after
they give in to negotiation. Clinton was addressing to the previous idea of
Asian powers who have been insisting to establish negotiations between China
and neighbors for so long.
In a fortune report, Clinton stressed "If
China and Japan are arguing over a couple of islands, the rest of the world can
watch because we feel you’re arguing on more or less even terms. But it is not
necessarily the same for who can access the resources in the south and east
China sea and where territorial boundaries should marked.
He made it clear that the United States is
not only suggesting one solution in courage to resolve the rising conflicts on
the South China Sea but they are concerned with the size differential between
China and the rest of the claimants.
In an another interview with CNN, Clinton
noted, though, that the US wants an all-party dialogue or legal mechanism for
fair play.
Chinese believe that all these things should
be subject to what they call joint resolution where small countries would not
be given a chance to discuss against China.
The Philippines has filed a case before the
International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea, pursuing a definitive settlement
of the overlapping rights over oceanic boundaries. It even undertook many
efforts to peacefully engage China and settle disputes, but it seems that all
the efforts were unsuccessful.
