>> US Senate calls for peaceful resolution to East Sea disputes

In the June 27 resolution, US Senators reaffirmed support for solving disputes over territorial waters in the East Sea in a peaceful manner.

They urged all concerned parties to refrain from threatening force or using force to assert territorial claims. Democratic Senator Jim Webb, who leads a bipartisan group introducing the resolution, said the US has a strategic interest in facilitating multilateral negotiations to settle the disputes.

Webb is now the Chairman of the East Asia and Pacific Affairs Sub-committee under the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.