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        "msgid": "malaysia-calls-for-talks-over-spratlys-1447893297",
        "date": "1995-06-17 00:00:00",
        "title": "Malaysia calls for talks over Spratlys",
        "author": null,
        "source": "REUTERS",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Malaysia calls for talks over Spratlys KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Malaysia yesterday called for formal talks over the disputed Spratly Islands to ensure stability in the region, the national Bernama news agency reported. \"I think it is very timely that we begin on a formal basis some discussions as to how we need to handle this,\" Foreign Minister Abdullah Badawi said, commenting on the escalating tension over the islands.",
        "content": "<p>Malaysia calls for talks over Spratlys<\/p>\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Malaysia yesterday called for formal<br>\ntalks over the disputed Spratly Islands to ensure stability in<br>\nthe region, the national Bernama news agency reported.<\/p>\n<p>\"I think it is very timely that we begin on a formal basis<br>\nsome discussions as to how we need to handle this,\" Foreign<br>\nMinister Abdullah Badawi said, commenting on the escalating<br>\ntension over the islands.<\/p>\n<p>He said he was concerned over recent moves by the Philippines<br>\nand China to stake claims on the cluster of isles, reefs and<br>\natolls in the South China Sea, believed to be rich in oil and<br>\nminerals and straddling an important shipping lane.<\/p>\n<p>The Spratlys issue is expected to be one of the main items on<br>\nthe agenda at the annual ASEAN ministerial meeting next month in<br>\nBrunei.<\/p>\n<p>Abdullah said formal discussions were needed because now the<br>\nonly way of finding out developments in the area was through news<br>\nreports based on statements by leaders of the various claimants.<br>\nThe Spratlys are claimed in whole or in part by China, Vietnam,<br>\nMalaysia, Brunei, the Philippines and Taiwan.<\/p>",
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