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HONG KONG: High-ranking Chinese government diplomat State Councilor Wang Yi said on Wednesday (September 9) that the United States is directly intervening in territorial and maritime disputes in the South China Sea due to its own needs. policies.
It is becoming the biggest driver of militarization in the region, Wang said.
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He made the comment in a video conference with foreign ministers at an ASEAN summit.
“Peace and stability are China’s greatest strategic interest in the South China Sea. It is also the common strategic aspiration of China and the ASEAN countries,” Wang said in a statement posted on the website of the Ministry of Relations. Exteriors.
Wang said China is willing to communicate and dialogue with the United States to achieve cooperation.
Last month, the United States blacklisted 24 Chinese companies and targeted people it said were part of military and construction actions in the South China Sea, its first such sanctions measure against Beijing for the strategic waterway in dispute.
