CHINA IS NOW USING ITS PUPPETS CAMBODiA AND LAOS TO STOP ANY MENTIONING OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT 5 - 0 RULING AGAINST CHINA FOR ISLAND GRABBING OF THE SOUTH SEA - THAT WOULD SEND THE MESSAGE OF STOP THE EMPIRE OF CHINA'S EXPANSION IN ASIA - AS THE ASEAN SUMMIT MEETS IN LAOS THIS 2016

There will be absolutely no mention of the Arbitral Tribunal’s unanimous decision against China and in favor of the Philippines during the current ASEAN summit in Laos. Following the footsteps of Cambodia which in July of this year also blocked any mention of the UN arbitration court’s decision during an earlier meeting, Laos like Cambodia is simply shielding its prime benefactor, Communist China, from obvious embarrassment.


So how come these two countries, which were not part of the original five ASEAN founding members and were invited to join almost as an afterthought, can now decide what ASEAN can and cannot talk about at meetings? In 1967, five Southeast Asian countries namely: Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand, sent their foreign ministers to Bangkok to sign what is now known as the Bangkok Declaration, that formed the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).


Joint communiqués were the norm after each ASEAN meeting up until Cambodia decided it had nothing to lose by going against the Philippines and preventing any mention of the South China Sea ruling in the association’s joint communiqué this past July. Now Laos is taking its cue from Cambodia and stating beforehand that there will be no mention of the UN Arbitral Tribunal’s decision during the upcoming meeting.

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