BALI, Indonesia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's is praising a preliminary agreement between China andSoutheast Asian Nations to peacefully resolve competing territorial claims in the strategic South China Sea.
At a meeting with China's foreign minister on the sidelines of a Southeast Asian regional security forum in Bali, Indonesia on Friday, Clinton commended the two sides for reaching the deal, which aims to prevent conflict over several disputed islands and potential oil and gas resources. The U.S. has said peaceful resolution to the claims is an American national security interest.
China been accused in recent months of trying to intimidate oil exploration by the Philippines and Vietnam in waters that are partially claimed also by those two countries and Taiwan, Bruneiand Malaysia.
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