Meanwhile, international investors are "distressed by the growing indications that India is not willing to abide by international rules and norms in relation to dispute resolution, " Columbia's Mr. Doering said.

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And as Prime Minister Kan noted, I expressed my deep appreciation for the fact that Japan is really a model citizen internationally and works in support of international rules and norms that can make all of us more prosperous and more secure.

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Third, our joint vision lays out the future we seek in the Asia Pacific -- a region where international rules and norms are upheld, where nations contribute to regional security, where commerce and freedom of navigation is not impeded and where disputes are resolved peacefully.

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And that goes not just in the economic area, but also in a conversation we've been having about the South China Sea and the necessity of having any disputes there really settled peaceably -- peacefully -- and in accord with international norms and rules.

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And we want strong enforcement of these international norms and rules.

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And so all of our actions are not designed to in any way contain China, but they are designed to ensure that they are part of a broader international community in which rules, norms are respected, in which all countries can prosper and succeed.

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It is my deep hope that this war not be prologue to a new international order in which the U.S. acts according to its own rules, unconstrained by the norms of the international community, awarding itself the right to set and enforce standards of international justice.

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There is great similarity between how Iran operates and how North Korea operates -- a willingness on their part to break international rules, to flout international norms, to not live up to their own commitments.

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