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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

China Says again Drove Away US Warship in South China Sea; US Says Asserting Navigational Rights

This US Navy photo shows the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) in Japan, May 22, 2018. Garrett Zopfi, AFP

China’s defense ministry said on Friday that it yet again had to monitor and drive away the US Navy destroyer USS Milius that entered its territorial waters in the South China Sea near the Paracel Islands.

“We sternly demand the US to immediately stop such provocative acts, otherwise it will bear the serious consequences of unforeseen incidents,” a spokesperson said in a statement from the Ministry of National Defense.

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