President Xi Jinping Warns Obama Over South China Sea

BEIJING - President China, Xi Jinping, warned the President of the United States (US), Barack Obama, about the South China Sea disputes claims. President Xi warned the US not to use the pretext of freedom of navigation to undermine China's national security interests. Because, according to Xi, Beijing would protect its sovereignty in the maritime region so the dispute.

In a meeting with Obama on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington DC, President Xi believes in the peaceful resolution of the South China Sea conflict through negotiations. However, Cihna will take steps to protect national interests and sovereignty. "China will firmly safeguard the sovereignty and related rights in the South China Sea," Xi said, as quoted by Xinhua news agency, Friday (01/04/2016).

"Although Beijing to respect and uphold the right of freedom of navigation and overflight other states under international law, (but) China will not accept the freedom of navigation as an excuse to undermine the sovereignty and national security interests China, "he said. The US has been taking steps to counter the growing influence of China in the disputed region by increasing regular naval patrols in the Mediterranean C h ina South. The US argues that as a patrol exercise of freedom of navigation.

In response to the US move, China has deployed advanced missile systems in Woody Island earlier this year. Military aircraft also deployed. Woody Island is the largest island in the Paracel chain in China South Sea. China claims the island in 1950, but Taiwan, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam also scramble.