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U.S. envoy decries Chinese "intimidation" in South China Sea

Published 11/04/2019, 01:02 PM
Updated 11/04/2019, 01:08 PM
U.S. envoy decries Chinese "intimidation" in South China Sea

BANGKOK, Nov 4 (Reuters) - A U.S. envoy on Monday denounced
Chinese "intimidation" in the South China Sea at a meeting of
Southeast Asian leaders, and conveyed an invitation from
President Donald Trump for the leaders to attend a special
summit in the United States.
China has made sweeping maritime claims in the resource-rich
waters of the South China Sea, and angered neighbours by sending
ships into the busy waterway, where several members of the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) also have claims.
"Beijing has used intimidation to try to stop ASEAN nations
from exploiting the off-shore resources, blocking access to 2.5
trillion dollars of oil and gas reserve alone," U.S. envoy
Robert O'Brien told the ASEAN-U.S. summit in a speech.
O'Brien, the White House national security adviser, read a
message from Trump inviting the ASEAN leaders to "join me in the
United States for a special summit" in the first quarter of
2020.

(Writing by Kay Johnson; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)

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