Washington has said it would call for a halt to aggressive actions by China and other rival nations including island-building work and military deployments Despite China’s objections,the United States and the Philippines will call for a finish to island-building work, military deployments and other aggressive actions that raise tensions in the disputed South China Sea in an annual diplomatic meeting in Malaysia, or officials said Tuesday.
Beijing has opposed any mention of the thorny territorial rifts in the meetings of foreign ministers from the organization of Southeast Asian Nations and their Asian and western counterparts. But Washington has said it would call for a halt to aggressive actions by China and other rival nations to allow a diplomatic solution to a problem that threatens regional stability.
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Source: theguardian.com