U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R) meets China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the ASEAN meeting at the International Conference Center in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei July 1, 2013. REUTERS/Jacquelyn Martin/Pool
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pressed China and Southeast Asian nations on Monday to make progress on a plan to ease tensions in the South China Sea, reminding the region that Washington had national interests at stake in the disputes.
Kerry, who made the comments as he arrived in Brunei for a regional security meeting, was speaking a day after China said it would hold formal discussions with Southeast Asian nations over the maritime disputes later this year.
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