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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) — China is firmly committed to safeguarding its territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests, and believes that maritime disputes should be resolved peacefully through negotiations and consultations between the countries directly concerned, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said.
"Any provocations or threats in this regard will be futile and will lead to nothing," the diplomat emphasized at a press conference on Wednesday, commenting on recent statements by a US State Department spokesperson regarding the South China Sea.
As Lin Jian pointed out, all the available facts and evidence indicate that the Philippines was the first to provoke China's territorial sovereignty, while the United States, ignoring the facts, is making unfair accusations in an attempt to denigrate China's legitimate actions to protect its rights and intimidate China with the "United States-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty."
These attempts have once again exposed the American side's malicious intent to incite confrontation and destabilize the South China Sea, and have also demonstrated once again that the United States is the biggest source of risk to undermining regional stability, he concluded. -0-
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