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US Rejects Beijing’s Territorial Claims in South China Sea as ‘Unlawful’ - Pompeo

Washington, Jul 13 (Sputnik) The United States rejects Beijing’s territorial claims in the South China Sea as fully illegal, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement on Monday.
“The United States champions a free and open Indo-Pacific. Today we are strengthening US policy in a vital, contentious part of that region - the South China Sea,” Pompeo said. “We are making clear: Beijing’s claims to offshore resources across most of the South China Sea are completely unlawful,
as is its campaign of bullying to control them.”
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