Leaders in Australia and Indonesia have agreed to explore joint military patrols of the South China Sea as tensions rise because of China's actions in the waterway.
Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop confirmed Monday the two countries are looking into increasing cooperation on patrols and considering military exercises together to push back against China's claims of the South China Sea.
As China has claimed rights to the waterway, which is a significant fishing area and important trade path in the region, Russia has engaged in military exercises with China and the Philippines has backed out of patrols with the United States there.
The United States, meanwhile, has increased patrols of the South China Sea and asked allies there to more strongly thwart Chinese claims to the waterway. Among nations that have most strongly done so are Indonesia, which recently fired warning shots at a Chinese fishing boat that violated what it considers its territory there.
[upi.com]
1/11/16
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Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop confirmed Monday the two countries are looking into increasing cooperation on patrols and considering military exercises together to push back against China's claims of the South China Sea.
As China has claimed rights to the waterway, which is a significant fishing area and important trade path in the region, Russia has engaged in military exercises with China and the Philippines has backed out of patrols with the United States there.
The United States, meanwhile, has increased patrols of the South China Sea and asked allies there to more strongly thwart Chinese claims to the waterway. Among nations that have most strongly done so are Indonesia, which recently fired warning shots at a Chinese fishing boat that violated what it considers its territory there.
[upi.com]
1/11/16
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