ASEAN begins tackling South China Sea issue in ‘general principles’: Marcos Jr.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the ASEAN Summit in Vientiane, LAO PDR, October 9, 2024. Revoli S. Cortez/PPA POOL VIENTIANE — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday said that leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have begun discussing the South China Sea issue in broad strokes during the opening day of the 44th and 45th Summit here.