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US official warns Asian aggressors will face Western might
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MANILA, 29 July 2022, (TON): US secretary of the Navy said “any Asian aggressor who violates the sovereignty of other countries in the region risks punitive counter actions, just like what Russia is confronting now for its invasion of Ukraine.”
Carlos Del Toro told “the Associated Press in an interview Tuesday night in Manila that the US military focus in the Asia-Pacific region, particularly in the disputed South China Sea, would never slacken and in fact has intensified despite the war in Ukraine.”
He did not name China but underscored that Beijing has encroached in sovereign waters of its Asian neighbors and violated international law with impunity.
He renewed assurances by President Joe Biden that the US would honor its obligations under a 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty in case Philippine forces, ships and aircraft come under attack in the disputed South China Sea, where Manila and Beijing have had increasingly tense territorial spats in the last decade.
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