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Hillary seeks Southeast Asia’s unity

Warns against coercion in South China Sea

AFP, Jakarta
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned yesterday against coercion in the conflict-riven South China Sea and voiced hope that Beijing would find a peaceful resolution with Southeast Asian nations.
With tensions mounting in recent months between China and other claimants to the strategic waterway, Hillary on a visit to Indonesia declared anew that the United States found a "national interest" in ensuring freedom of navigation.
Hillary, who heads today to Beijing, did not criticise China directly but voiced clear unease over the fast-growing Asian power's recent establishment of a remote garrison in the sea hotly disputed among sixstates.
"The United States believes very strongly that no party should take any steps that would increase tensions or do anything that would be viewed as coercive or intimidating to advance their territorial claims," She said.
"We believe the nations of the region should work collaboratively together to resolve disputes without coercion, without intimidation, without threats and certainly without the use of force," She said.
Hillary, speaking at a news conference with
Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa, urged progress on a code of conduct to manage the overlapping disputes, warning that a "miscalculation" could escalate the situation in the tense waters.
During Clinton's last visit to the region in July, foreign ministers of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or Asean, failed to reach a consensus that would allow them to negotiate jointly with China.
Hillary praised a subsequent declaration by the Asean foreign ministers, led by Natalegawa, who
recommitted to a peaceful resolution of disputes and to a unified position on a code of conduct.
Hillary, who will become the first US secretary of state to visit all Asean nations when she stops in Brunei later this week, expressed optimism that the elusive code of conduct could come closer to reality in time for a November summit to be attended by President Barack Obama.
"I think we can make progress before the East Asia Summit and it's certainly in everyone's interest that we do so," she said.
The Indonesian foreign minister voiced support for Asean unity and said that the overlappingclaims in the South China Sea "must be resolved peacefully".
But Natalegawa, who last month welcomed Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi to Jakarta, said that the diplomatic efforts should not be seen as targeting Beijing.
The Philippines andVietnam have both accused China of an intimidation campaign over territorial disputes in the South China Sea, a waterway through which half of the world's cargo sails.
But several Southeast Asian nations including Cambodia have close ties with China and have been less enthusiastic about taking a hard line.
In a show of support for Asean, Hillary will today visit the bloc's headquarters in Jakarta and meet its secretary-general, Surin Pitsuwan.