Blinken criticizes China's actions in the South China Sea
Kyiv • UNN
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken criticized China's escalation and illegal actions in the South China Sea.
Blinken criticized China's actions in the South China Sea. This was reported by Reuters, according to UNN.
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During the summit on Saturday, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken criticized Beijing's “escalation and illegal actions” in the South China Sea. He singled out China for hostile actions by its coast guard against the Philippines, a U.S. defense treaty ally.
However, Blinken's Russian counterpart, for his part, said that Washington is stoking anxiety with its nuclear deterrence plan with ally Seoul over the Korean Peninsula.
