The United States on Monday accused China of intimidation in the South China Sea as it put forward its strongest language yet rejecting Beijing's claims in the strategic, dispute-rife waters.
US national security advisor Robert O'Brien urged freedom of navigation as he led Washington's delegation to the summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and parallel East Asia Summit. US leaders have been taking an increasingly sharp tone on China but have generally focused on encouraging all claimants to resolve disputes peacefully, rather than Washington taking a position itself.
"Some non-regional countries cannot live with calm waters in the South China Sea and have come all this way to make waves," he said, in an apparent jab at the US."We always come when we're invited, unlike other countries," he said after Le's comments emerged.Tensions have flared in the flashpoint waterway in recent weeks after China deployed a survey ship to waters claimed by Hanoi.
O'Brien was the lowest-level official ever sent by the United States to an East Asia Summit since Washington successfully won an annual invitation starting in 2011.
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