在2012年东盟部长会议上，东盟在历史上首次没能形成联合声明，因为柬埔寨不允许在其中提及任何中国在南海制造的事端。
At the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting in 2012, the organization failed to issue a joint statement for the first time in its history, because Cambodia refused to allow any mention of incidents caused by China in the South China Sea.