US To Push For Binding Code Of Conduct On South China Sea At ASEAN Summit - Sr. Official

The United States will press leaders at the upcoming summit of the Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) to adopt a binding code of conduct on the South China Sea, a senior administration official said in a press briefing on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 14th November, 2018) The United States will press leaders at the upcoming summit of the Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) to adopt a binding code of conduct on the South China Sea, a senior administration official said in a press briefing on Wednesday.

"On the South China Sea, as we made clear in the vice resident's public as well as private comments, we will be speaking frankly about that to leaders gathered tomorrow and we will be pushing to make sure that there's a binding code of conduct, that means that every country's sovereignty, big and small, is respected, that the rules of law is respected, international rule of law is respected, and also that resource exploration is, belongs to each country, that partners who are invited in will always be invited in," the official said.