Pompeo, "China's Claims to South China Sea Resources Are Illegal"

Mike Pompeo, U.S. Secretary of State
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[Asia Economy New York=Correspondent Baek Jong-min] U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on the 13th (local time) claimed that China's claims to resource rights in the South China Sea are illegal.

Secretary Pompeo issued a statement saying, "We make it clear that Beijing's claims to most of the maritime resources in the South China Sea are completely illegal, just like the harassment activities to control them."

He also emphasized on his Twitter, "The United States is strengthening its policy based on international law against China's threats, intimidation, and maritime imperial claims in the South China Sea," and criticized, "The Chinese Communist Party has no legal basis to claim resources along the South China Sea coast."

Pompeo's remarks on this day are interpreted as an active expression of the U.S.'s willingness to support Southeast Asian countries in the disputes between China and Southeast Asian nations over the South China Sea.

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