US, China clash over South China Sea at high-level UNSC meeting chaired by India

The US and China clashed over the South China Sea during a high-level UNSC meeting on maritime security chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.

The US and China on Monday clashed during a high-level meeting on maritime security chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with Washington asserting it has seen "provocative actions" to advance unlawful maritime claims in the South China Sea by Beijing which retorted that America is not qualified to make "irresponsible remarks" on the issue. Prime Minister Modi chaired the virtual high-level open debate on maritime security, one of the three signature events of India’s current Presidency of the powerful 15-nation UN body. The meeting was later chaired by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar as foreign ministers and UN envoys made their national statements.