WASHINGTON: Vice President Kamala Harris will focus on defending international rules in the South China Sea, strengthening US leadership in the ...
FILE PHOTO: US Vice-President Kamala Harris waves as she boards her plane at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Romulus, Michigan, on Jul 12, 2021.
"We do not want to see any country dominate that region or take advantage of the power situation to compromise the sovereignty of others," the White House official said."The Vice President is going to underscore that there should be free passage for trade, throughout the South China Sea, and no single country should disrespect the right of others," the official added.
Harris' trip will follow one that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made last week to Hanoi, where he sought to nudge forward security ties that have been steadily deepening amid shared concern about China's activities in the South China Sea.Advertisement This will not be Harris's first meeting with leaders in Asia. She has previously held in-person and virtual bilateral meetings from the White House with the South Korean President Moon Jae-In and the Prime Minister of Japan Suga Yoshihide.
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