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Japan and the UK have agreed to step up security cooperation in order to realise a "free and open Indo-Pacific" region.

Chinese bombers’ landing and take-off drills on an airfield in Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago, which belongs to Vietnam but is occupied by China, are causing deep concerns and facing strong opposition from many countries regionally and globally.

Upholding the rule of law is fundamental to maintaining peace and security in the East Sea, said experts at a maritime workshop in Hanoi on November 29.

Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has announced Manila will maintain the status quo in the East Sea.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Major General Vu TienTrong, Director of the Defence Ministry's Institute for International Relations, attended the ASEAN Defence Senior Officials Meeting Plus (ADSOM+).

China’s continued land reclamation and construction that have changed the status quo of Hoang Sa and its organisation of tours to the archipelago violate Vietnam’s sovereignty over the archipelago.

Japan and the US have expressed their concern over China’s testing landing of a plane on an airstrip illegally built on Chu Thap (Fiery Cross) Reef in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago.

Australia and Japan expressed their concerns over the increasing tensions in the East Sea and reiterated strong opposition to any coercive actions that would change the status quo in the waters.

Japan and the Netherlands have showed concern about any unilateral actions that can change the status quo in the East China Sea and East Sea, reported the Kyodo News.

Experts at a discussion in the US’s Washington D.C. on October 20 examined recent security developments in the East Sea, underlining the serious impacts of activities that change the status quo.