DFA to propose 'enclaving' of disputed areas in South China Sea

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has prepared a proposal to ‘enclave’ disputed areas in the South China Sea and separate them from those parts not in dispute.The proposal comes as the ASEAN Maritime Legal Experts’ Meeting convenes Thursday in Manila to take up the Zone of Peace, Freedom, Friendship and Cooperation (ZoPFF/C), which the Philippines presented at the ASEAN Regional Forum last August in Bali, Indonesia.“(E)nclaving will literally operationalize the ‘shelving of

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