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Vietnam calls for positive contributions to peace, stability in seas

Vietnam calls for positive contributions to peace, stability in seas, oceans

Vietnam on October 4 asked other countries to make positive and practical contributions to the maintenance of peace and stability, respecting and fully implementing relevant international obligations, and upholding the law on the seas and oceans.
Vietnam calls for positive contributions to peace, stability in seas, oceans ảnh 1Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA)– Vietnam on October 4 asked other countries to make positive and practicalcontributions to the maintenance of peace and stability, respecting and fullyimplementing relevant international obligations, and upholding the law on theseas and oceans.

Foreign Ministry’sspokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang made the statement during a regular press briefingof the ministry in Hanoi while responding to reporters’ questions regardingrecent developments in the East Sea such as foreign countries’ live-fire drillsand US naval ships’ navigation freedom activities.

“Once again, we affirmVietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes,”she declared.

As a member of theUnited Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 and a coastal country inthe East Sea, Vietnam always respects maritime and aviation freedom in the EastSea in line with the convention, she stressed.

At the pressconference, the spokesperson also revealed a number of Vietnam’s externalrelations activities in the coming time.-VNA
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