Maintaining peace in the crucial waterway must be backed by actions in enforcing international law, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said during the 10th Anniversary of the 2016 Arbitral Ruling, which invalidated Beijing’s attempts to claim almost the entire South China Sea. The chief executive stressed that preventing conflict in the South China Sea is a continuous process, which does not end with the Arbitral Ruling.

Medenilla, S. P. (2026, July 11). Keeping peace in South China Sea also includes enforcing international law–PBBM at ruling’s 10th anniversary. BusinessMirror, p. A4.