(VOVworld) – “The disputes in the East Sea must be settled by international law, not by force”.

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations on Wesnesday in Washington D.C.

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington on Wednesday that Singapore is not a claimant state in the East Sea, but it supports the ASEAN’s efforts to negotiate with China in formulating a Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC).
Mr. Lee reiterated that international law has to play a greater role in settling the disputes, saying “from the point of view of a country which must survive in the international system where there are big and small countries, and that outcome cannot be determined just by might”.