US in close communications with Beijing over South China Sea tensions

WASHINGTON:  The United States is keeping in close contact with Chinese officials regarding tensions that have erupted over the US military sending a warship in the South China Sea, US State Department Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs (EAP) spokesperson Katrina Adams told Sputnik.

"We [the United States] are in close communication with the [Chinese] Ministry of Foreign Affairs and have had a number of discussions on this issue," Adams said on Tuesday when asked to comment on reports that China summoned the US Ambassador over the South China Sea patrol.