US Defense Secretary Mark Esper assured the Philippines and its allies that Washington rejected “any attempt by any nation from using coercion and intimidation for the sake of national interests at the expense of others.”

Esper urged claimants of the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) to assert their sovereign rights and abide by international laws “that will enable our shared security and prosperity [over] the past 70 years.”

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