UPDATED. China's foreign ministry says, 'With its ruling, the tribunal violated the principle of state consent, went beyond its authority to hear the case and perverted law.'
BEIJING, China – The United States has called on China to “cease its routine harassment” of vessels of other countries with claims in the South China Sea, reaffirming its support for a 2016 arbitration ruling, which China said on Wednesday, July 12, it does not recognize.
Saying that ruling was final and legally binding on the Philippines and China, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller in a statement on Tuesday urged Beijing to “comport its maritime claims with international law.” But China, whose “aggressive” actions in the South China Sea have been the subject of hundreds of diplomatic protests filed by the Philippines, maintained it does not accept any claim or action based on the ruling.
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