美国国务卿马尔科·卢比奥 (Marco Rubio)在国际仲裁庭做出有关南中国海的裁决九周年之际发表声明，再次表示美方立场，也就是这项裁决具有法律约束力。声明批评中国“针对邻国采取越来越具挑衅性的行动”，并督促北京遵守这项裁决。

BEIJING, July 12 (Xinhua) -- China's position on the "2016 Arbitral Award on the South China Sea" is consistent and clear. The "award" is nothing but a piece of waste paper that is illegal, null and ...

MANILA, July 12 (Xinhua) -- The so-called South China Sea arbitration of 2016, initiated unilaterally by the Philippines, has triggered "a myriad of problems" for the country, economically, ...

根据美国军方发布的 讲话稿 ，科勒尔将军特别赞扬了东道主菲律宾在南中国海顶住中国的胁迫。他说：“虽然中国施加沉重压力，让菲律宾在主权和海洋权利问题上退让，但是菲律宾决定挺身而出，拒绝屈服。” ...