China called on countries not directly involved in territorial disputes in the South China Sea not to interfere and “add trouble.”
China understands why countries outside the disputed territories show concern about the issue, but hopes “these countries play a constructive role rather than add trouble,” Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Australian counterpart Julie Bishop during talks in Sydney yesterday, according to a statement posted on the website of China’s Foreign Ministry.
China and the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are fully capable of resolving the disputes and maintaining freedom of navigation in one of the world’s busiest waterways, Wang said, according to the statement.
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Ting Shi, Bloomberg News via CHINA US Focus http://ift.tt/1CJd5RL
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