South China Sea row: China's pursuit of resources 'unlawful', says Mike Pompeo
Washington, July 15 -- US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said Beijing's claims to offshore resources across most of the South China Sea are completely 'unlawful'.
"The United States champions a free and open Indo-Pacific. Today we are strengthening U.S. policy in a vital, contentious part of that region - the South China Sea," Pompeo said in a statement.
"We are making clear: Beijing's claims to offshore resources across most of the South China Sea are completely unlawful, as is its campaign of bullying to control them," he said.
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"We share these deep and abiding interests with our many allies and partners who have long endorsed a rules-based international order," he said.
So far, the US had opposed Chin...
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