SINGAPORE, Oct 30 (Bernama) -- Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
hopes the process to resolve the South China Sea dispute can begin when Brunei
assumes the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) chairmanship next
year.
Local television Channel NewsAsia
(CNA) reported that the conflicting territorial claims in the South China Sea
were among issues Lee discussed with Sultan of Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah.
CNA quoted Lee as speaking to
reporters Tuesday that the steps to find a solution are incremental but
stressed that informal consultations between the parties concerned have to
start.
"Asean has to take a
position on the South China Sea because it happens in our doorstep and we have
to have a forward-looking neutral view which is balanced, and encourages all
the parties to come together and start working on the Code of Conduct, and I
think Brunei is thinking along the lines too.
"They are focused on making
outcomes during the year as Asean Chairman and less so on the form of the
meetings and the events, which are part of the Asean process," he was
quoted as saying by CNA.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
said that Lee is on a three-day visit to Brunei starting Monday.
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