美中召開年度高層戰略會談
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says the United States is urging China and its Asia-Pacific neighbors to "find a diplomatic solution" to the territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
Kerry made the remarks Monday at the opening of the eighth annual U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Beijing.
About $5 trillion of annual trade passes through the South China Sea, which is also believed to hold significant oil and gas reserves.
Angry over U.S. surveillance flights over in the airspace over the region, Beijing is reportedly considering establishing an Air Defense Identification Zone over portions of the South China Sea, which would require all incoming aircraft to register with Chinese authorities to fly in the air route. During a stopover in Mongolia Sunday, Kerry said such an action would be "a provocative and destabilizing act."
Kerry also used his opening remarks to highlight "new milestones in cooperation" between Beijing and Washington on a number of issues, including climate change, global health emergencies and curbing nuclear proliferation, including the recent tightening of sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear weapons program.美國國務卿克里說，美國敦促中國及其亞太鄰國通過外交途徑解決南中國海領土爭端。
星期一，克里在北京舉行的第8輪美中戰略與經濟對話上發表了上述評論。
每年穿越南中國海水域的貿易商品總值約5萬億美元，據信該地區的石油和天然氣儲量也很豐富。
北京對美國在南中國海上空進行偵查飛行表示憤怒，據報正考慮在南中國海上空設立防空識別區。克里星期日在蒙古停留期間說，北京如果採取這一挑釁舉動，將會破壞穩定。
克里在美中戰略與經濟對話開幕之際講話時還強調，北京和華盛頓在一系列問題上取得了里程碑式的合作成果，例如氣候變化、全球保健應急、以及遏制核擴散等，也包括最近因爲朝鮮核項目而加強了對朝鮮的制裁。
