Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Sun Weidong on June 9 accused the US of causing the biggest security challenge in the East Sea, in the context that the country’s military deployment in the disputed waters is turning into a “vortex”. of an arms race”.
Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Sun Weidong on June 9 accused the US of causing the biggest security challenge in the East Sea. (Source: Reuters)
In comments after attending the summit on East Asia cooperation in Laos, Mr. Ton Weidong emphasized: “Currently the biggest security challenge in the East Sea comes from outside the region.”
According to Mr. Sun Weidong, US-led forces are “promoting military deployment and action in the East Sea, provoking and increasing disputes and conflicts at sea and harming rights and interests.” legitimate interests of coastal countries”.
China’s Deputy Foreign Minister said that the US move to deploy a medium-range missile system in the region “is pulling the region into the spiral of an arms race, putting the entire Asia Pacific region under shadow of geopolitical conflict”.
Mr. Sun Weidong stated that China is committed to resolving disputes satisfactorily with parties in the East Sea through dialogue.
Last April, during a meeting with its US ally, Philippine officials declared that the country was determined to assert its sovereign rights in the East Sea, accusing Beijing of escalating its “harassment” of Manila. The US affirms that it will always stand side by side with the Philippines.