WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top U.S. diplomat for East Asia Daniel Kritenbrink said on Wednesday he expected greater U.S.-India partnership over issues in the South China Sea, where China has been at the center of numerous territorial disputes with regional countries.
The U.S. has seen a clear and upward trend of Chinese coercion in the disputed waters, Kritenbrink told a Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank event in Washington.
(Reporting by Michael Martina, David Brunnstrom and Kanishka Singh; Editing by Chris Reese)