MANILA - The United States will continue to exercise freedom of navigation in the disputed South China Sea despite Beijing's ballistic missile tests, an American Navy official said Thursday.
MANILA - The United States will continue to exercise freedom of navigation in the disputed South China Sea despite Beijing's ballistic missile tests, an American Navy official said Thursday.
"We continue to fly, sail and operate anywhere international law allows to demonstrate our commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific while reassuring our allies and partners, and our forces continue to monitor the exercise throughout the region," he told reporters in a press briefing via telephone. Conn, meanwhile, welcomed the Philippines’ participation in the biennial Rim of the Pacific joint military exercise held from August 17 to 31 in the waters surrounding the Hawaiian Islands.
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