Phl gets EC backing for arbitration

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has assured President Aquino of the European Union’s support for Manila’s peaceful approach to resolving its dispute with China over the West Philippine Sea, particularly through arbitration. “Let me stress that the European Union encourages all parties to seek peaceful solutions, through dialogue and cooperation, in accordance with international law – in particular with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea,” Barroso said in a statement after his meeting Monday with Aquino at the EC office here. “The European Union is proud to be a party of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation, and we recall its fundamental principles, namely to settle differences by peaceful means, to renounce the threat or use of force and to effectively cooperate among partners,” Barroso said.



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