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PHNOM PENH, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen's ruling party on Wednesday called on the parties directly concerned in the South China Sea issue to resolve their disputes through peaceful negotiations.
"The Cambodian People's Party (CPP) insists that all parties concerned exercise self-restraint, do not use force or threaten to use force on the issues of South China Sea in order to give possibility to the parties directly concerned to negotiate with each other based on the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC)," said a CPP's statement.
The statement also rejected the unjust allegations that Cambodia had spoiled a recent ASEAN joint statement on the South China Sea issue in China's Kunming and a joint statement in Cambodia's Phnom Penh in 2012.
"In contrast, Cambodia has played a good role in mediating the South China Sea issues in order to maintain solidarity and harmony in ASEAN-China relations. Moreover, the South China Sea issues are not the issues between ASEAN and China," it said.
The CPP voiced its support for Hun Sen's remarks on Monday that did not back the arbitral tribunal's upcoming decision over the South China Sea disputes, which was unilaterally launched by the Philippines.
"Cambodia will not join in issuing any statement that supports the arbitral tribunal's ruling related to the dispute in the South China Sea," the statement said.
In 2013, the Philippines unilaterally filed compulsory arbitration against China at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague with respect to the two sides' disputes in the South China Sea. Enditem
