US Defense Secretary Ashten Carter on Saturday warned China against provocative behavior in the South China Sea, saying “any action by China to reclaim land in the Scarborough Shoal, an outcrop in the disputed sea, would have consequences”
“I hope that this development doesn’t occur, because it will result in actions being taken by the US to isolate China,” Carter said
The deputy head of China’s delegation to the forum said any attempts to isolate China would fail

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today expressed concern at ongoing territorial dispute in the South China Sea and sought its peaceful resolution lest any tensions harm economic progress.
Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Parrikar made it clear that more than half of India’s trade passes through these waters and it has good relations with all countries.
China claims the South China Sea in entirety and is locked in a dispute at the UN with Brunei, Taiwan, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam. The US, Japan and India oppose the claims while China tells the three ‘external powers’ to remain out of the regional dispute.

“While we do not take a position on territorial disputes, which should be resolved peacefully without the threat or use of force, we firmly uphold freedom of navigation and overflight in accordance with international law, in particular the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea,” Parrikar said.

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