Citing the importance of peace and stability in Asia-Pacific region, the United States has thrown its full support behind the Philippines' bid for arbitration in the United Nations to settle a territorial dispute with China in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). In remarks before talks with Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario in Washington on Tuesday, US Secretary of State John Kerry reiterated his government's support for a code of conduct in the West Philippine Sea, home to vital sea lanes and islands believed to be sitting on vast energy and mineral reserves. "The Philippines is one of our five Asia-Pacific allies and a very, very important ...
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