Top Chinese diplomatic officials have hit back against US national security advisor Robert O'Brien over his "Unreasonable remarks" in the Philippines while on an official visit there this week.
The Chinese embassy in Manila on Tuesday slammed what diplomatic officials called his deliberate efforts at "Stirring up trouble in the South China Sea" and "Provoking a rift between China and the Philippines."
His statements were said to have "Fanned the flames everywhere" and "Seriously" undermined regional security by seeking to create tensions between China and its regional allies.
The statement said further, "The US is the biggest driver of the militarization of the South China Sea and the most dangerous external factor endangering the peace and stability of the South China Sea" - something which has been emphasized by Beijing many times in the recent past.
O'Brien has been on a surprise tour of Vietnam and the Philippine's this week in a mission seen as attempting to counter the ASEAN countries' recent signing of a historic trade pact, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, hailed as the biggest free trade deal ever among fifteen Asia Pacific Nations and widely reported as a huge win for China.
"We got the Philippines' back when it comes to the South China Sea," says US National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien as he visits the Philippines.
O'Brien had vowed that "Any armed attack on Philippine forces aircraft or public vessels in the South China Sea will trigger our mutual defense obligations."
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
China Slams NatSec Advisor O'Brien As Sowing "Chaos" & Cold War Tensions In Asia
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