US urges Beijing to stop harassing vessels in South China Sea FMTNews FMTWorld
China’s actions have been the subject of numerous diplomatic protests by the Philippines.
The ruling handed down by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague seven years ago concluded that Beijing’s claim to almost the entire South China Sea, where about US$3 trillion worth of sea-borne goods pass every year, was groundless. He also called on Beijing to “halt its disruption to states’ sovereign rights to explore, exploit, conserve, and manage natural resources, and end its interference with the freedoms of navigation and overflight of states lawfully operating in the region.”
“With its ruling, the tribunal violated the principle of state consent, went beyond its authority to hear the case and perverted law,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbing told a regular news conference.
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