US will back nations that say Beijing violated their South China Sea claims, Pompeo says

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the United States will support countries that believe China has violated their maritime claims in the South China Sea but suggested it would do so through diplomatic rather than military means.“We will support countries all across the world who recognise that China has violated their legal territorial claims as well – or maritime claims as well,” Pompeo told reporters.“We will go provide them the assistance we can, whether that’s in…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3093368/us-will-back-nations-say-china-violated-their-south-china