Highlights 1 US, Australia and Japan called for a halt on land reclamation on south China sea. The US, Australian and Japanese foreign ministers on Monday called for a halt on land reclamation and military actions in the South China Sea and compliance with an arbitration ruling that invalidated China's vast claims to the disputed waters. In a joint statement, the three expressed serious concerns over the long-seething sea disputes and "voiced their strong opposition to coercive unilateral actions that could alter the status quo and increase tensions." They urged rival claimant states in the South China Sea "to refrain from land reclamation, construction of outposts, militarization of disputed features, and undertaking unilateral actions that cause permanent physical change to the marine environment in areas pending delimitation." Also ReadFull-scale India-China war likely soon, Washington will back New Delhi: Meghnad DesaiChina's 'salami slicing': Why Doklam must unite world leaders against Beijing

Source: India Today August 07, 2017 11:04 UTC