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| Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, is greeted by, from left, Sr. Col. Nguyen Hong Quang, Maj. Gen. Nguyen Huu Manh, and Second Lt. Nguyen Thang Anh as he deplanes a U.S. Military Aircraft as he arrives at the Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. Gates is in Vietnam to reassure jittery Southeast Asian nations this week that the United States won't cede its longtime role as the pre-eminent military power in the Pacific as Chinese naval ambitions expand. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool) |
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HANOI, Vietnam — Defense ministers from Asian and other nations began arriving in Vietnam's capital Sunday for a regional security meeting that follows the heating of a number of sea disputes involving China.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is attending the two-day meeting of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, where he will hold military talks with Chinese Gen. Liang Guanglie — the first between the countries in eight months after China cut off contact to protest a U.S. arms package for Taiwan.
The United States is concerned that the newly heated territorial disputes could hurt access to one of the world's busiest commercial sea lanes.
In addition to meeting the Chinese general, Gates will meet with delegates from some of the small nations that want U.S. support to counter the growth of China as a regional power.
Pentagon officials traveling with Gates said he will make the same argument about U.S. interests in the Pacific and the limits of Chinese dominion that has infuriated China before. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity ahead of sensitive discussions among Southeast Asian defense chiefs.
The gathering, which starts Monday, comes a month after a spat between China and Japan involving a collision between a Chinese trawler and two Japanese patrol vessels off disputed islands in the East China Sea claimed by both countries.
Japan detained the Chinese boat captain, enraging Beijing. He was eventually released, and the two countries officially announced an end to the dispute last week, but each continues to claim the territory.
Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa planned to meet with his Chinese counterpart in Hanoi, according to Kyodo News agency, in what would be the first military-to-military talks since the incident.
Vietnam last week also accused China of detaining nine of its fishermen last month in the South China Sea near the Paracel Islands that are claimed by both countries. Vietnam's Foreign Ministry has demanded that the sailors be released, but China says the boat owner must first pay a fine for fishing with explosives, the ministry said.
China claims sovereignty over the entire South China Sea, including the Paracel and Spratly islands, which are also claimed in whole or in part by Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines.
China has become more aggressive in asserting its sovereignty over the disputed areas, prompting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to say in July that it was in the U.S. national interest for the Communist giant to resolve territorial claims in the South China Sea with its neighbors.
The defense meeting brings together the ASEAN countries — Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam — along with counterparts from Australia, China, India, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Russia and the United States.
Associated Press Writer Anne Gearan contributed to this report.
19 comments:
Vietname was the number one enemy of US now they are best friend. Why Cambodian never change policy to be friend with westerner? Why Cambodia alway stick with communist?
The Viet, to this day, kisses the U.S's arse to get somewhere while holding their feet down on Hun Sen's head and that of the Cambodian people to beg and kiss the Viet's arse to get somewhere...
Why can't the Cambodian people and Sihanouk/Sihamony have HUN SEN denounced the Viet and deal directly with the U.S to finally free CAMBODIA from the Viet's yoke???
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This is a bad karma for the Chinese.With Vietnam as an ally ,the U.S can whip the fuck out of China.And don't worry about Cambodia, all U.S have to do is just talking to the Vietnamese then ,the CPP will be on their way to extinction.
yeah.....let the viet vietnamizing Cambodia as it is happening now, you bastard, 8:14 AM???
Asnwer me you asshole 8:14 AM!
I read that Hanoi got flooded with showers of blessing, with 60 people drowned. Ummm...I wonder that was a sign that Hanoi grip on Cambodia is numbered?
You know China has cruise missiles that can strike U.S carrier 900 miles into the sea with accuracy. Now that oughta put fear into the world Super Power.
8:21AM,
You are already answering your own question bastard.Ah yuon are your boss,they can take you out anytime they want asshole.
The Vietnam is so afraid of China to swallow it alive.Now Viet turns to US for help.Cambodia and Lao are stupid states.The Viet is the boss of them.The Khmer and Lao mean nothing to the US because these two are Viet dogs.Khmer and Lao are in the ocean.If these two turn to US,they are still under Viet trap.If Khmer and Lao turn to China,maybe these two can be survived.The China,maybe,does not treat Khmer as bad as in Pol Pot era. Do Khmer trust US or China ? These two giant richest countries gave Khmer people a terrible lesson.
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The Capital of the world greatest commerce is Dubai, not China or good USA. Just do a youtube search, Dubai City. The Arabs has oil coming out of their eyes, ears, nose, toes, fingers...the kings and people of the earth are becoming rich doing business with Saudi Arabia. Here is the bad part of Saudi Arabia: She is identify as the Great Whore that commits fornication with the kings of the earth in the prophetic picture and that the other Muslim countries will turn against her and burn her to the ground in one hour. So if you want to see the glory of Dubai City, do it now. You will be impress, I was.
I say let the China go to war with Viet. So Khmer can finally kick viet thief out after that. I say let China nuecleas missile unload all of it to Hanoi. So the whole world can live in peace once again. With out Viet thief left on this surface of planet earth. When two evil empires are going at each other I say there is nothing left except the good guy. So stop waisting time you evils. Do it now.
9:40AM.Please check the richest countries in the world.What countries are the richest ones? The US is #1;The China is#2,and the Japan is #3 and so on.Know what you know the one you don't know you should learn to know. Thank you.
I don't understand why the U.S. still making friends with the enemies for? Plus U.S. is the Demacratic Country and ah Youn is the Communist Country how da hell you make friends with the Communist. The U.S. should pressur ah Youn to respects human right and return all the land that they've been stolen from other Country back to these origanl owner.
" The enemy of my enemy is my friend ".Viet and chinese are not friend , and neither U.S and China.That's why old adversary can become friend.
Khmer is so stupid dog, lol
Is another asian war gonna start by the murderer US?
US wanted Vietnam to taste new weapons, Vietnam will be meat in Pho Soup if they dare...
China and Russia will rock southeast asia once more...United State scared?
Bullshit.
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