Sentence examples for reclamation construction from inspiring English sources

The leaders urged all countries that claimed territory in the South China Sea to "halt land reclamation, construction and militarisation, and to take steps to ease tensions".

The United Sates continues to call on all claimants to halt land reclamation, construction, and militarisation of features in the South China Sea".

It called on "all claimant states to halt land reclamation, construction, and militarization".

Stress on the reefs originates from dredging, coral and sand mining, harbor construction, reclamation, construction of seawalls and jetties, and island-based pollution.

China claims almost all the South China Sea and has rattled neighbors with a series of reclamation and construction projects – including airstrips – on reefs and islets.

After meeting the summit host, the president of the Philippines, Obama said the US and Manila had agreed on the need for "bold steps to lower tensions, including pledging to halt reclamation, new construction and militarisation of disputed islands in the South China Sea".

Western officials say they fear China will react to the ruling of the international tribunal for the law of the sea, which is expected to side with the Philippines, by raising the stakes in the busy trade route, expanding its land reclamation and construction activities to reefs in the Scarborough Shoal, close to Manila.

"I note that President Xi [Jinping] said in Washington that China did not intend to militarise the islands and therefore I will be seeking further details from China as to what it proposes to do with the reclamation and construction work that it has undertaken," she told the Japan National Press Club on Tuesday.

A joint statement said they "expressed strong concerns over recent Chinese land reclamation and construction activity in the South China Sea.

U.S. naval officials believe China has plans to start reclamation and construction activities on Scarborough Shoal, which sits further north of the Spratlys within the Philippines claimed 200 nautical mile (370 km) exclusive economic zone.

At a summit with Southeast Asian leaders on Feb. 16, President Barack Obama said the U.S. would "continue to fly, sail and operate wherever international law allows" and called for a "halt to reclamation, new construction and militarization" of the sea.