YANGON: A US official has proposed that China and Southeast Asian nations call a moratorium on actions seen as provocative in a bid to cool tensions in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).

Danny Russel, the top US diplomat in East Asia, said he made the suggestion as “food for thought,” not as a formal proposal as he met regional counterparts in Myanmar to prepare for a regional summit later this year.

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