The move to pursue an 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 “𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠” over 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐭𝐲, 𝐃𝐫. 𝐉𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐲 𝐎𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥, 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬 (𝐖𝐏𝐒) 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, warned.
“𝐂𝐨𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, and over time, that concession could amount to the 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐞-𝐝𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞,” Dr. Ordaniel said, highlighting the potential impact of such agreements.
Dr. Ordaniel also stressed that the 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟔 𝐀𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐙𝐨𝐧𝐞 (𝐄𝐄𝐙) 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝.
