On the cusp of the Southeast Asian countries "agreed statement of solidarity on the South China Sea dispute, Indonesian senior diplomat said on Thursday, after meeting his Cambodian Foreign Minister.
Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa the role of mediator in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) failed to reach a common position on the row in Phnom Penh last week's gathering.
"Although the proposal to the contrary, in fact, ASEAN to maintain its unity," Natalegawa told reporters in the Cambodian capital, last Wednesday in a visit to Hanoi and Manila area to establish the third leg of the journey of peace.
Natalegawa said his work to determine the basic position of ASEAN, the South China Sea ", which will eliminate, divided into 10 members of the group view.
Natalegawa said, "We are now officially on the cusp of this consensus.
Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, the rotating ASEAN presidency, told reporters that he hoped the EU common position prior to the announcement last Friday, all the ASEAN foreign ministers approved.
China claimed that almost all resource-rich sea, which is the sovereignty of the importance of the family channel, but the ASEAN member countries, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei have overlapping claims in the region.
Division members of the territorial disputes with Beijing to prevent ASEAN in its meetings at the end of their joint statement, issued last Friday, the unprecedented 45-year history of the European Union.
The diplomat said a key sticking point is the host of Cambodia, close to reject China's ally, the specific incidents mentioned in the sea, it has a direct confrontation Manila, hoping the impasse with the Chinese for several months in the Scarborough Shoal reference.
The rift held the progress of the "Code of Conduct" proposed between ASEAN and China aimed at preventing the outbreak of the disputed waters.
Wednesday in Vietnam and the Philippines after talks with his counterparts, Natalegawa urged ASEAN countries to promote the Agreement.



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