During the online East Asia Summit (EAS) on September 9, Pompeo emphasized that it is time for Southeast Asian governments to reconsider relations with Chinese state-owned companies. according to AFP.
“Don’t just talk, act. Rethink the deal with state-owned companies that intimidate ASEAN countries in the South China Sea,” Pompeo said.
Vietnam hosted the EAS conference and the foreign ministers who participated in the EAS emphasized the role of international law, calling for non-militarization, not using and threatening to use force in the South China Sea, according to TTXTVN. .
The Philippine government announced last week that it would not follow the United States on the grounds that the Philippines needs investment from China, even as tensions between the two countries have recently escalated over the Scarborough Shoal, according to AFP.
Previously, the United States government announced on August 26 that it would include 24 Chinese state-owned companies on the embargo list, including subsidiaries of China Telecom Construction Corporation (CCCC) and a unit of Close Group. send to china.
This is a move to pressure Beijing because the Chinese government strengthens the militarization of the South China Sea, occupies, accumulates and builds illegal artificial islands in the Spratly Islands. Vietnam in the South China Sea.
Considering that China’s maritime claims are “illegal,” the United States officially rejected the “yellow dock line” in the South China Sea.
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The US Department of Commerce said that Chinese state-owned enterprises included in the embargo list have allowed Beijing to build and militarize artificial islands in the South China Sea.
“Since 2013, China has used state-owned companies to support more than 1,200 hectares of disputed entities in the South China Sea, destabilizing the region, trampling on the sovereignty of neighboring countries and environmental destruction,” according to the Secretary of State for States. United on August 26.
