“We need to preserve our qualitative military edge, which requires coming to terms with the administration as fast as possible.”

The trip is expected to be among the issues on the agenda when Kenyan President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta arrives for a visit next week.

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The island is part of the Paracels chain, under Chinese control for more than 40 year but also claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam.

Palestinian Muhammad al-Qiq is in his 84th day of a hunger strike to be free of administrative detention.