SINGAPORE: China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Singapore Thursday at the start of a three-nation regional tour, Beijing's embassy in the city-state said, as tensions flare with the Philippines in the South China Sea.
His three-day trip, after returning to the post last month following the unexplained disappearance of predecessor Qin Gang, also includes Malaysia and Cambodia.A spokesperson for the Chinese embassy confirmed to Agence France-Presse on Thursday morning that Beijing's top diplomat had arrived in the financial hub.
China has since insisted the Philippine navy vessel grounded on a reef in the Spratly Islands be removed from the hotly contested waters that have long been a flashpoint between the two.Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia and the Philippines are all members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations , which is in talks with China over a code of conduct in the sea that Beijing claims as almost entirely its own.Other Asean members Vietnam, Indonesia and Brunei all claim parts of the sea, too.
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