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According to a Friday announcement from Malacanang, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. will travel to China in January 2023 on a state visit.

This came after Marcos accepted Chinese President Xi Jinping’s invitation to travel to China in the first week of January 2020, according to a news release from the Office of the Press Secretary (OPS).

The People’s Republic of China and President Xi Jinping invited President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to visit China on a state visit from January 3 to 5 [or] 6, according to the OPS.

It said, “Since then, the Chinese government has confirmed that schedule for the State Visit.”

On Wednesday, Marcos expressed the hope that he would have the opportunity to speak with Xi about the South China Sea (SCS) problem outside of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and related summits.

The latest developments in the SCS would be discussed at the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits and Related Summits, according to Marcos in a pre-departure speech before his flight to Cambodia on Wednesday.

In a media interview, while traveling to Phnom Penh on the presidential plane, Marcos emphasized the significance of finding solutions to the long-running territorial issues in the SCS between the Philippines and other littoral states, including China.

When he talks with Xi, he will “certainly” bring up the SCS matter, he continued.

Marcos demanded the creation of an enforceable Code of Conduct (COC) in the SCS at the 25th ASEAN-China Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attended the summit in China’s stead.

As 2022 marks both the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration on the Conduct (DOC) of Parties in SCS and the 40th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Marcos stressed the significance of the COC’s quick conclusion.

Maintaining the UNCLOS as the normative foundation for the ocean and maritime activity, according to Marcos, is crucial.

It will serve as an illustration of how states can resolve their conflicts via reason and the rule of law. As a result, I appreciate the work made in the COC textual negotiations over the past year, and I hope that the code of conduct will soon be ratified, added Marcos.

The DOC of Parties in SCS was signed by ASEAN and China in 2022 to encourage non-militarization along the key waterway.

On the other hand, the COC seeks to advance tranquility and stability in contested waters.

There are overlapping claims in the SCS from China, the Philippines, and a number of other littoral governments.

Beijing asserts ownership of almost 80% of the disputed SCS.

On July 12, 2016, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in the Hague, Netherlands upheld a decision by the arbitral panel invalidating Beijing’s purported historic claims over practically the entire SCS.

However, China has consistently disregarded the PCA’s SCS judgment.

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