U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks before holding a roundtable with civil society activists in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia November 21, 2015. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Saturday that countries should stop building artificial islands and militarising their claims in the disputed South China Sea.
"For the sake of regional stability the claimants should halt reclamation, construction and militarisation of disputed areas," Obama told a meeting between the United States and leaders of the 10 Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN).
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