By Ling Chang Hong, Straits Times
SINGAPORE – China and Vietnam have to find a way out for themselves and there is no room for the United States in their maritime spat, a senior Chinese official said.
Ms Fu Ying, chairman of the Chinese Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, speaking in a debate on Friday, May 30, 2014, on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue, a forum that brings together defence and security experts and officials from Asia, the United States and Australia. — ST PHOTO: LING CHANG HONG
Ms Fu Ying, chairman of the Chinese Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, made this strong statement on Friday in a debate on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue, a forum that brings together defence and security experts and officials from Asia, the United States and Australia.
Senator Ben Cardin, a member of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who was among the panelists, had said the US was concerned about any unilateral provocation by China even as he stressed that Washington does not side any country in the dispute.
“I don’t think Ben can go there and solve it for us. China and Vietnam will have to find a way out,” responded Ms Fu.
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