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Pompeo blasts Chinese "coercion" in South China Sea

Published 08/01/2019, 07:09 PM
Updated 08/01/2019, 07:10 PM
Pompeo blasts Chinese "coercion" in South China Sea

BANGKOK, Aug 1 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike
Pompeo on Thursday criticised Chinese "coercion" in the disputed
South China Sea, highlighting a divide with Beijing at a meeting
of Southeast Asian nations with world powers.
Tensions have risen in the South China Sea over recent
incidents between Chinese and Vietnamese and Philippine ships,
the latest confrontations in a potential global flashpoint where
the United States challenges China's sweeping maritime claims.
He also said he regretted that he was unable to meet with
North Korean representatives at the forum, adding that
Washington is "ready to go" with restarting denuclearisation
talks with Pyongyang after it test-launched a missile the
previous day.
Pompeo said he had urged regional allies "to maintain the
sanctions that spur diplomacy with North Korea, to speak out
against Chinese coercion in the South China Sea, to advocate for
the voluntary safe and dignified return of the Rohingya to their
homeland, and to confront Iranian aggression.”

(Writing by Kay Johnson. Editing by Matthew Tostevin)

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