The Philippines’ undersea continental shelf could potentially overlap with those of other coastal states in the South China Sea. / Photo: TRT World
Indonesia has also confronted the Chinese coast guard and fishing fleets in the gas-rich Natuna Sea on the fringes of the South China Sea. "Today, we secure our future by making a manifestation of our exclusive right to explore and exploit natural resources in our extended continental shelf entitlement,” Alferez said.Under the 1982 UN convention, a coastal state could have exclusive rights to exploit resources in its continental shelf, a vast stretch of seabed that can extend up to 648 kilometres including the right to authorise and regulate any kind of drilling.
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