Department of National Defense (DND) Officer-In-Charge Carlito Galvez Jr. encouraged foreign defense ministers, officials, and diplomats to support the 2016 Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling which rejected China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea.
Department of National Defense Officer-In-Charge Carlito Galvez Jr. encouraged foreign defense ministers, officials, and diplomats to support the 2016 Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling which rejected China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea.
In his statement, Galvez pointed out the role of international law as the “greatest equalizer” among states, recalling how it pushed the Philippines to resort to the compulsory dispute settlement mechanism of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and The Hague Tribunal due to the territorial issue with China in the South China Sea.
The Philippine government sued China before an international arbitral tribunal in The Hague in 2013. The tribunal ruled in favor of the Philippines in July 2016 when it junked China's nine-dash claim over the South China Sea.to comply with the 2016 arbitration ruling, calling the decision "illegal and invalid.”
He also stressed the importance of multilateralism in fostering the political will and mutual trust needed for constructive dialogue and reaching an agreement to abide by a shared system of norms and values.
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