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U.S. President Barack Obama Wants Peaceful Resolution of South China Sea Territorial Dispute

Benjie Batanes   |

Nov 18, 2015 10:36 AM EST

U.S. President Barack Obama is currently attending the APEC summit in Manila when he declared his support for a peaceful resolution of the South China Sea territorial dispute. He also backed the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s ruling that it has jurisdiction in the overlapping claims of the Philippines and China in the Spratlys Islands.