The U.S. declared the “freedom of navigation” in South China sea
WASHINGTON, 2 Jun — RIA Novosti, Tatyana Kalmykova. USA and will continue to use their right of “freedom of navigation” in the South China sea, told RIA Novosti the representative of US state Department.
Earlier, China accused the United States in flagrant violation of its sovereignty and international law in connection with the entry of American destroyer in the waters of the disputed Xisha Islands in the South China sea, which China claims as its.
The state Department said that the U.S. “is a comprehensive program of “Freedom of navigation”, which aims to challenge excessive Maritime claims in order to preserve the rights, freedoms and uses of the sea and airspace guaranteed to all Nations in accordance with international law”.
The interlocutor of the Agency noted that the United States continue regular operations in the framework of the program “and will continue to do so in the future.”
“Summary of these operations is always reported publicly in the annual report of the Ministry of defence about freedom of navigation”, — said the American diplomat.
China has previously called on the U.S. to stop actions that violate its sovereignty and threatening its security. Foreign Ministry spokesman of China, Lu Kang said that China reserves the right to take all necessary steps to protect the state sovereignty and security.