Canada has called on China to comply with international law in the South China Sea based on a historic ruling by an arbitration tribunal five years ago that rejected Beijing’s territorial claims in the region.
“Canada is particularly concerned by China’s escalatory and destabilizing actions in the East and South China Seas, including, recently, off the Philippine coast, and by the militarization of disputed features and the use of naval, coast guard, and maritime militia vessels to intimidate and threaten the ships of other states,” Global Affairs Canada said in a statement released on July 11.
