The United States is not daunted by Beijing\u2019s confrontation in its recent operation in the disputed South China Sea where the latter claims ownership. Thus, Washington will continue its activities there, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said.<\/p>\n
Just days ago, US sent two of its warships in the disputed waters as it conducted \u201cfreedom of navigation”, which provoked China and led the latter to warn them off. The Chinese government said that warships sailing in the disputed waters where China claims ownership is a serious infringement\u201d of its \u201cinherent territory.”<\/p>\n
But Mattis said, there is only one country that seems to take active steps to rebuff or state their resentment over the US recent freedom of navigation operations in the international waters.<\/p>\n
He also said that there are a lot of nations who want to see this freedom of navigation, that is why the US will continue doing so as this is also a form of confronting China\u2019s aggressive militarization and its inordinate claim of territories in the South China Sea.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re going out of our way to cooperate with the Pacific nations. That\u2019s the way we do business in the world. But we\u2019re also going to confront what we believe is out of step with international law and out of step with international tribunals that have spoken on the issue,\u00a0and part of this is we maintain a very transparent military activity out in the Pacific,\u201d Mattis said.<\/p>\n
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