Malaysia confident of finalising code of conduct for South China Sea that will be ‘respected by superpowers’

Malaysia is confident it can reach an agreement with China to settle tensions in the South China Sea after its neighbours warned that incidents in the disputed waters had “eroded trust”.The country is “very hopeful” that a code of conduct for the area will be completed within the three-year deadline or earlier, Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah said.“We are very hopeful that within three years or perhaps even earlier we can come up with a better understanding of things,” Saifuddin…