Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa, (left), talks to Cambodian
Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, (right), during a meeting at the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs in Phnom Penh on July 19, 2012. Natalegawa top diplomat is
making a Southeast Asian tour in an effort to mend an internal rift within the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) group over territorial disputes
in the South China Sea.
PHNOM PENH (AFP) - South-east Asian nations are 'on the cusp'
of agreeing a statement of unity on the South China Sea dispute, Indonesia's
top diplomat said on Thursday after meeting his Cambodian counterpart.
Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty
Natalegawa has taken on the role of mediator after the Association of
South-east Asian Nations (Asean) failed to reach a common position on the row
at a gathering in Phnom Penh last week.
'Despite suggestions to the
contrary, in actual fact Asean remains united,' Mr Natalegawa told reporters in
the Cambodian capital, on the third leg of a regional peacemaking tour after
visiting Hanoi and Manila on Wednesday.
Mr Natalegawa said he was working
to identify 'basic Asean positions on the South China Sea', which would dispel
the perception that the 10-member group is divided.
AFP
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