美国国务卿马尔科·卢比奥 (Marco Rubio)在国际仲裁庭做出有关南中国海的裁决九周年之际发表声明，再次表示美方立场，也就是这项裁决具有法律约束力。声明批评中国“针对邻国采取越来越具挑衅性的行动”，并督促北京遵守这项裁决。

根据美国军方发布的讲话稿，科勒尔将军特别赞扬了东道主菲律宾在南中国海顶住中国的胁迫。他说：“虽然中国施加沉重压力，让菲律宾在主权和海洋权利问题上退让，但是菲律宾决定挺身而出，拒绝屈服。” ...

MANILA, July 12 (Xinhua) -- The so-called South China Sea arbitration of 2016, initiated unilaterally by the Philippines, has triggered "a myriad of problems" for the country, economically, ...

Japan is in talks with the Philippines over a potential transfer of used navy destroyers and maritime surveillance aircraft, ...