On top of that, numerous nations in dispute with China have conflicting claims to various islands.
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Washington maintains that navigation within the disputed area could be threatened by actions such as China’s island-building in one of the busiest trade routes in the world. He, however, stressed that these activities should never be linked with efforts to militarize the islands, reefs and the entire South China Sea.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has called for entrepreneurs from China and Malaysia to enhance cooperation, to promote the further development of both countries.
He asked all countries to exercise and uphold the freedom of navigation and overflight in the South China Sea in accordance with global law.
Song Junying, a researcher of Asia-Pacific studies at the China Institute of worldwide Studies, said ASEAN countries do not want to lose the great potential for economic and political cooperation with China.
“The Chinese government will contribute 20 million Australian dollars to assist in the search for the missing MH370, this is how we show our respect to lives”, he said.
Obama said he commended ASEAN for working to create a code of conduct for the South China Sea.
“HONG KONG “”China has rejected claims that it is militarizing the disputed South China Sea, saying it needs to build facilities on artificial islands and reefs to protect them.
The Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan also have claims to the South China Sea, a rich fishing ground believed to hold vast deposits of oil and gas. “In the wake of the events of Paris, it was good to see President Obama make the trip, during which he also reiterated the importance of Asia to American policy”, he said.
The U.N. Secretary-General said he “highly commended the leadership of the Russian Federation together with the United States to address a few of the roots causes of terrorism”. “Early next year, the United Nations is going to present a comprehensive plan of action to defeat violence and extremism”.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said countries with large populations of Muslims, including Russia, should unite to fight against Islamic State.
He arrived here today early morning and was warmly welcomed by the High Commissioner of India to Malaysia T.S. Tirumurti at the Kuala Lumpur worldwide Airport.
The summit’s host, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, urged his counterparts to step up efforts to realise a vision that many experts view as hard, if not impossible, to achieve.
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Li, paying his first official visit to Malaysia as premier, was referring to a deal sealed on Sunday between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to upgrade their free trade area (FTA).
