Sentence examples for maritime access from inspiring English sources

Or perhaps you are prescient, for Beijing is busy acquiring the maritime access it has lacked.

The western part of the continent clearly has a high proportion of coastline with good maritime access and often with inland penetration by means of navigable rivers.

Thailand's military allies, America and Japan, are trailing hopelessly behind China in the race for maritime access and political and economic influence with its immediate neighbours.

The organization of the transportation network is of crucial importance to Congo, a country of continental dimensions, rich economic resources, and limited maritime access.

But even as the Pentagon complies with an order by President Obama to cut $400 billion in military spending by 2023, Mr. Gates said that the Defense Department would find money for "air superiority and mobility, long-range strike, nuclear deterrence, maritime access, space and cyber, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance".

Eighth, Egypt blocked Israeli shipping lanes in the Red Sea, Israel's only maritime access to trading routes with Asia and Africa.

Beijing should not impede free and fair access to maritime and air spaces.

She added that resolving these disputes was pivotal to regional security and that the U.S. has a national interest in freedom of navigation, access to maritime rights and respect for international law in this resource-rich region.

China and the U.S. should seek to have meaningful dialogue, based on understanding to ensure the maintenance of peace, security and unimpeded access to maritime passages in the South China Sea.

Mr. Gates, in his statement, noted that both long-established practices and the official treaty provided clear guidance on "appropriate use of the maritime domain, and rights of access to it".

"The U.S. and Vietnam, as well as other nations in the region, also share a common interest in maritime security and freedom of access to the global commons," Mr. Gates said in his address, in a polite reference to the disputes by many of the region's smaller nations with China over claims to territorial waters.