United States, Thursday (14/04/2016), said it has conducted patrols along the Philippine Navy in the South China Sea.
Patrols by the US to increase its presence in the region.
Previous Washington accuses Beijing had done "militarization" in the region are in a dispute with several countries in the vicinity.
For a show of force, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, Thursday, also announced that 275 soldiers and five A-10 fighter aircraft of the US has been on alert in the Philippines.
The troops and the fleet was present in order to follow the regular joint military exercises conducted annually. Their presence for a while.
Philippine Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin welcomed the US announcement. He hoped the US presence in the Philippines would "deter unfounded actions that are often made in China".
China has warned that the deployment of troops should not ruin "regional stability". However, Carter said Washington's efforts to strengthen its military role in the region do not "natural order to provoke".
Pentagon leaders said, the US responded to regional concerns over China's actions were intensified in the South China Sea.
Including China's steps to build artificial islands to continue reclaiming coral islands disputed by several countries in the vicinity.
"The countries of Asia-Pacific voiced concern over land reclamation by China, which is very visible in terms of size and scope, as well as the militarization of the South China Sea," said Carter.
Earlier this week the foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G-7), at its meeting in Hiroshima, Japan vaguely also criticized China's increasingly aggressive in the South China Sea.
In the South China Sea, China's dispute with Taiwan and four ASEAN member countries, namely the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, and Vietnam. In the East China Sea, China's conflict with Japan.
US joint patrol and the Philippines actually began in March. It "contributes to the safety and security of the waters in the region," said Carter received after Philippine President Benigno Aquino in Manila.
Carter announced, 275 US troops joined 5,000 troops Filina in a joint military exercise on Friday (04/15/2016). They will be in the Philippines for a while.
Five A-10C Thunderbolt aircraft and four other aircraft will remain in the Philippines until the end of April.
About 200 US military personnel will train Filipino soldiers, and "conduct flight operations in the region, including in the South China Sea," said Carter.
This exercise will "lay the foundation for the joint air patrols to complement ongoing maritime patrol".
Chinese Foreign Ministry responded to cool on the deployment of US troops in the Philippines.
"The activities of the military from the relevant countries should not target a third country," Beijing said in a statement.
"And moreover, does not have to support the efforts of some countries to provoke China on issues of sovereignty and security, adding regional contradiction and undermine regional stability," said the Beijing statement.
Early April Chinese state media reported China had to build and operate a lighthouse on a reef in the Spratly Islands group.
Lighthouse was equipped with technology to monitor each fleet passing.
Source: kompasnews
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