CHINA LOOKING TO DO BATTLE – WILL INDONESIA TAKE UP THE FIGHT

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Evan A. Laksmana

Published: 7:00am, 2 Jun, 2020

Why Indonesia won’t let Beijing forget the Philippines’ South China Sea arbitration win

Indonesia’s low-key diplomatic protest at the United Nations against China’s disputed claims in the South China Sea last week made some analysts sit up and take notice, with one even describing the move as groundbreaking.The “note verbale” – an unsigned but officially marked diplomatic communication issued in the third person that carries less weight than a formal diplomatic note – invoked the 2016 ruling by a tribunal established under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) that overwhelmingly rejected Beijing’s “nine-dash line” claim to almost all of the contested waterway and found in favour of the Philippines instead.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, second right, pictured in January on the deck of an Indonesian Navy ship in the Natuna Islands, which overlap with Beijing’s expansive South China Sea claims. Photo: A

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