The South China Sea disputes could be turned into opportunities through dialogue and cooperation, a former Albanian deputy minister has said.
In a recent statement on the dispute with the Philippines in the South China Sea, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated China's adherence to the settlement of the disputes through bilateral talks.
The safest way to solve the South China Sea dispute is to hold bilateral talks between the parties involved and not to internationalize the issue, experts from Russia say.
The arbitral tribunal in the Philippines' South China Sea (SCS) arbitration exceeded its competence by circumventing the real disputes and by degrading the role of States, such arbitral expansion is detrimental to the settlement of disputes, said Haibo Gou, legal advisor and counsellor at the Chinese embassy in the Netherlands.
Chinese Ambassador to France Zhai Jun stressed the "South China Sea issue could not be solved without direct dialogue and joint efforts of different countries," and preserving peace and stability in the region was "in the interest of all".
The annual high-level China-US dialogue held this week could help the two countries avoid policy mistakes on the macroeconomic side and prevent conflict over the South China Sea, a US expert has said.
On 22 January 2013, the Philippines unilaterally initiated arbitration with respect to certain issues in the South China Sea ("Arbitration").
The United States and some of its allies are using international forums to sensationalize the South China Sea disputes, especially the arbitration case initiated by the Philippines in January 2013.
Under the leadership of outgoing President Benigno Aquino, the Philippines saw a freefall in relations with China, and the divergences with Beijing truly outgrew the bilateral framework.
On 9 May, the Financial Times and its website published a signed article by Ambassador Liu Xiaoming entitled " Who is really behind the tensions in the South China Sea? ".
Russia opposes actions "internationalizing the South China Sea issue" and favors direct negotiation between the countries involved.
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