After failing to reach agreement on a joint communique during the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting consultations last week for the first time in its 45 year history, the ten ASEAN countries released the statement below on the South China Sea following a diplomatic effort by Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa of Indonesia.

Statement of ASEAN Foreign Ministers on ASEAN's Six-Point Principles on the South China Sea. Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation, Kingdom of Cambodia.