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TOKYO: Southeast Asian and Japanese leaders will agree to boost "maritime security cooperation," according to a draft statement seen by Agence France-Presse from a summit that kicked off Saturday against the backdrop of growing tensions in the South China Sea.
China claims almost the entire waterway, a vital trade corridor, and its increasingly aggressive behavior in disputed areas has riled nations across the region, as well as Washington.
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