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Washington: The United States on Tuesday rejected the so-called "standard map" claims by China and called on the nation to comport with its maritime claims in the South China Sea and elsewhere. In a regular press briefing on Tuesday, the Principal Deputy Spokesperson of the US State Department, Vedant Patel said that China’s expansive and unlawful maritime claims in the South China Sea are inconsistent with international law. "We note that the PRC recently released national map has elicited a wave of protests from countries that reject the territorial and maritime claims depicted on it. With respect to the dashed lines in the South China Sea depicted on the new map, like many countries, we reject the unlawful maritime claims reflected on that map and call on the PRC to comport its maritime claims in the South China Sea and elsewhere with the International Law of the Sea, as reflected in the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea," he said. Rejecting China's new map claiming territories of several countries, he further added, "China’s expansive and unlawful maritime claims in the South China Sea were determined to be inconsistent with international law by a unanimous tribunal in the Philippines China arbitration brought under the dispute settlement provisions of the convention." With this, 10 reactions have rejected China's new Map. India, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Malaysia rejected it. Indonesia said "Comply with UNCLOS", whereas Taiwan said the map "can't change our country's existence". Nepal too reacted to it and asked Beijing to "respect" its 2020 Map. Regarding the release of the so-called "Standard Map" by China, the Russian envoy to India, Denis Alipov had recently said it "doesn't change anything on the ground.." China, on A ...