01/08/2013
The US Senate has approved Senate Resolution 167, which calls for a peaceful settlement of disputes in the East Sea and East China Sea with overwhelming majority.
The document was sponsored by Senator Robert Menendez with Senators Bob Corker, Marco Antonio Rubio and Ben Cardin, under the Asia-Pacific Sub-committee, being the co-authors.
The resolution urges countries contesting ownership of parts of the two sea areas to create and approve a code of conduct to avoid conflicts.
The resolution is asking the US Senate to condemn the use of coercion, threats, or force by naval, maritime security, or fishing vessels and military or civilian aircraft in the East Sea and the East China Sea to assert maritime or territorial claims or alter the status quo.
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