US guided missile cruiser (R) leads Japanese destroyers during the 'Keen Sword', a US-Japan military exercise at the Pacific Ocean (AFP Photo / Toshifumi Kitamura)
Pacific Naval Powers Sign Pact Aimed At Preventing Conflicts -- RT
As US military action increases in the western Pacific, more than 20 countries became signatories to an agreement on Tuesday that establishes guidelines for communication, while hoping to halt military maneuvers in disputed areas.
More than 20 countries from the Western Pacific region unanimously signed up to the non-binding framework, including China, Japan, the Philippines and Malaysia. The signing ceremony occurred at a meeting of the Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS) in the eastern Chinese coastal city of Qingdao.
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