Reuters: South China Sea takes center stage at U.S.-ASEAN summit
U.S. President Barack Obama and allies from Southeast Asia will turn their attention to China on Tuesday on the second day of a summit intended to improve commercial links and provide a united front on maritime disputes with Beijing.
After a first day focused on trade and economic issues, Obama and his counterparts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will try to arrive at a common position on the South China Sea during a second day of talks at Sunnylands, a California resort.
China and several ASEAN states have conflicting and overlapping claims in the South China Sea, but not all the Southeast Asian nations agree on how to handle them.
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2 comments:
This part of the US statement must have gotten a lot of smiles.."..... the necessity of disputes being resolved through peaceful, legal means." Meanwhile, the US is wasting a lot of time and energy on a situation it has no influence over.
"The EU ministers meeting in Brussels Monday said the European Union stands ready to impose sanctions against those in Burundi who have contributed to the country's violence as well as those who have hampered a political solution."
But corrupt Ukrainian gangster, Banderite, warmongering, thug welfare bums can freely travel to, make speeches in and shill for "aid" for their military/ neo NAZI paramilitary groups to attack people of the Donbass or anyone else who disagrees with/resists them.
The Euro leaders aren't intelligent enough to realize just how full of $#-+ and ridiculous they are.
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