18-nation defense forum scraps declaration amid S. China Sea row

18-nation defense forum scraps declaration amid S. China Sea row

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter attends a meeting of 18 defense chiefs on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur on Nov. 4, 2015. Squabbles over the South China Sea resulted in the scrapping of a joint declaration that was supposed to be issued at the end of the one-day meeting. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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