Malaysia Urges ‘Peaceful Solution’ to ASEAN Disputes with China

Leaders from the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), meeting in Malaysia, have called for a peaceful settlement of competing territorial claims in the South China Sea. The ASEAN leaders’ concerns reflect growing tensions as China presses ahead with land reclamation projects in the disputed Spratly Islands. Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak, chairman of ASEAN, told leaders from the 10 nation member group Monday to pursue a peaceful settlement of claims to the potentially...

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