EU’s S. China Sea concerns

EU wants to see freedom of navigation and over flight upheld in the East and South China Seas.

EU calls for free passage through South China Sea

BY ROBIN EMMOTT

Countries must be free to pass through the South China Sea, the European Commission said on Wednesday, in its first diplomatic admonishment of Beijing after Chinese jets intercepted a U.S. military plane over the contested waters last month.

The Commission avoided directly criticizing Beijing, a major trade partner, but warned in a new policy document that it opposed “unilateral actions that could alter the status quo and increase tension”, in a sign of concern at China’s construction and militarization of islands in the South China Sea.

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Source: reuters.com

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