May 10, 2015

"The US State Department said last Tuesday that United States will collaborate with Sri Lanka to act against the attempts of claiming land or maritime regions through intimidation or use of force.

This would respond to the intimidation caused by China towards the controversial islands on the South China Sea.

"The United States and Sri Lanka are working together to oppose intimidation or the use of force to assert territorial or maritime claims," the US State Department's Deputy Spokesman, Jeff Rathke, said in Washington."

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