China’s Defense Ministry has announced that the exercise code named “Joint Sea-2016” is aimed at strengthening China’s strategic cooperation with Russian Federation.
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During Phuc’s meetings in Beijing, he and his Chinese counterparts seemed eager to de-emphasize those South China Sea tensions in order to pursue other areas of cooperation.
Japan’s conduct in the South China Sea “makes one feel disappointed to the point of despair”, foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said at a regular press briefing Monday, before accusing Japan of meddling in a situation that ought to be resolved via “direct negotiation between involved parties”.
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday admitted that he can not afford to lose American support amid the country’s territorial row in the South China Sea but lamented Washington’s lack of support for the country’s defense efforts. Tokyo had recently announced that they will also participate in multilateral military exercises with regional navies. Both countries have joined forces in practicing defense, rescue and anti-submarine operations including island-seizing demonstrations.
Chinese and Russian marines practised an airborne and seaborne landing using helicopters, amphibious infantry fighting vehicles, and rigid raiding craft deployed from a landing platform dock (LPD) and two smaller amphibious landing ships. Chinese military officials have described the war games as a strategic measure meant to increase military and naval cooperation.
Glaser went on to say that the Obama administration has prioritized cooperation with China on climate change and the Iran nuclear deal over admonishing Beijing for its actions in the South China Sea.
The United States’ “Asia-Pacific Rebalance” strategy gives Japan the chance to use the South China Sea issue to snuggle up even closer to the United States, especially now that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has questioned how the U.S. military are behaving in his backyard.
The joint naval training between China and Russian Federation was held almost two months after an worldwide tribunal ruled against Beijing’s claims to most of the disputed and resource-rich waterway. “Even if these will be for display, still we can not use them without missles”, the President said.
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In the same speech, the President said that the country will also be procuring anti-terrorism weapons from Israel, shortly after he announced his intention to buy equipment from China and Russian Federation.
