Apparently with China's assertiveness in the East and South China seas in mind, the three countries also reaffirmed that they "strongly oppose any unilateral attempts to change the status quo in the waters of the Indo-Pacific."
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed concerns over Beijing's "destabilising actions" in the South China Sea during his meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Saturday, reported CNN.
Amid deepening regional tensions between the US and China, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's top diplomat Wang Yi met in Laos on Saturday, and held talks, according to CNN.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr announced the sweeping measure in his recent state of the nation address, eliciting a standing ovation from lawmakers and signaling a significant shift in the country's stance towards the offshore casino sector.
Chiefs of Defence of the three countries opposed "any unilateral attempts to change the status quo by force" in the Indo-Pacific region, given China's "escalatory, dangerous, and aggressive behaviour supporting unlawful maritime claims" in regional waters, including the South China Sea as pe
Tensions are rising in the South China Sea after Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) rejected claims made by the Philippines and Vietnam for an extended continental shelf in the disputed waters.
The Philippine National Security Adviser Eduardo Ano in a statement clarified that the Philippines will stand its ground over its dispute with China, in the South China Sea, Al Jazeera reported.
Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko and Phillippines Defence Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr. signed the Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) treaty documents in the presence of President Ferdinand R Marcos Jr.
The Strategic Studies Institute of the US Army War College published an in-depth report examining PLA activity along the mountainous border in Aksai Chin opposite India in 2020-21. It considered how the PLA rapidly moved troops into the region as violence flared between Chinese and Indian tr
Indian multi-role stealth frigate INS Shivalik, mission deployed in the South China Sea and North Pacific Ocean, has reached Pearl Harbour in Hawaii to take part in the 29th edition of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, which is world's largest naval exercise.
Regarding Chinese aggressiveness in the South China Sea, the Ministry of External Affairs said that India has clarified its position several times as to how it looks at this situation and emphasised the importance of international law, respect for a rules-based order and peaceful resoluti