By Prashanth Parameswaran

March 19, 2015

"Earlier this week, the commander of the U.S. Navy Seventh Fleet made headlines when he suggested that ASEAN countries could cooperate to form a maritime force to patrol areas of the South China Sea.

According to Bloomberg, Vice Admiral Robert Thomas said on Tuesday at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition–held in Malaysia following the ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting (which I covered for The Diplomat here)–that countries could streamline cooperation on maritime security while respecting sovereignty and coastal space, as was the case with counter-piracy efforts in the Gulf of Aden."

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http://thediplomat.com/2015/03/asean-patrols-in-the-south-china-sea/

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