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WASHINGTON, July 16 — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said yesterday the United States will support countries that believe China has violated their maritime claims in the South China Sea but suggested it would do so through diplomatic rather than military means. “We will support countries all...

Thursday, 16 Jul 2020 06:58 AM MYT

“We will support countries all across the world who recognise that China has violated their legal territorial claims as well — or maritime claims as well,” Pompeo told reporters. Monday's statement reflected the first time the United States had taken the position that China's claims to the South China sea were “completely unlawful.”

 

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