US strongly supports positive solution to South China Sea disputes
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Asean Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan said US President Barack Obama expressed strong support Monday for a positive solution to territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
Speaking after Obama met with Asean leaders, he also said that the South China Sea issue was likely to be raised repeatedly during Tuesday's East Asia Summit
"We still see that we would face some issues during the EAS leadership meeting," he said, referring to the meeting of Asean leaders with their counterparts from the United States, China, Russia, India, Japan, Korea, Australia and New Zealand.
Asean members Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam have overlapping territorial claims with China in the South China Sea.
Rasmei Kampuchea Daily
