Beijing has reminded the US that it has “inherent” sovereignty over a group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea after the new US defense secretary vowed to continue to protect the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands on behalf of Japan. The islands, known as Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese, ...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stressed that effective cooperation between Moscow and Washington is possible only on basis of mutual respect and interests between the two countries. In an interview with Austrian weekly news magazine Profil, Lavrov said serious efforts are required to overcome the severe damage done to US-Russia ...
