A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said June 23 that the South China Sea issue is not and should not be one between China and the United States. Spokesman Lu Kang made the remarks while responding to a question on recent comments of Daniel Russell, assistant U.S secretary of state for east Asian and Pacific affairs. It is not an issue between the United Staes and China, but between China and some ASEAN members, Russell told a media briefing, while calling on China to stop militarizing outposts in the South China Sea.

China welcomes Russell's comments on South China Sea (2015, June 30). Manila Bulletin, p. 7.