From Update.Ph (Mar 4): China comments on planned US, India, Japan military exercise in Philippine Sea
As a response to the planned exercise of US, India, and Japan – Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hong Lei said Thursday, March 3 that China hopes cooperation among relevant countries will contribute to regional peace, stability and security, and no harm shall be done to the interests of a third party.
United States Pacific Command (USPACOM) commander Admiral Harry B. Harris reportedly said that US, India, and Japan will be conducting a joint naval military exercise in northern part of the Philippine Sea this year.
US, India, and Japan are part of naval exercise Malabar with the latest edition conducted October 2015.
“As the world’s two largest democracies, we are uniquely poised to help bring greater security and prosperity to the entire region,” Admiral Harris told audience of Raisina Dialogue, a security forum in New Delhi, India Wednesday. “You need look no further than last October’s Malabar maritime exercise between India, Japan and the United States to see the security inter-connectedness of the Indian Ocean, Asia, and the Pacific Ocean regions.”
http://www.update.ph/2016/03/china-comments-on-planned-us-india-japan-military-exercise-in-philippine-sea/3006
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