Vietnam demands that China immediately cease activities thatviolate Vietnam’s sovereignty and its sovereign rights in the EastSea, said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Nguyen Phuong Nga.
The spokeswoman made the statement in Hanoi on August 5 whileanswering reporters’ questions on Vietnam's reaction to Chineseseismic studies in the Tri Ton island area of Hoang Sa archipelago(Paracels) and its construction work on the island.
“Vietnam demands that China immediately cease activities that violateVietnam’s sovereignty and its sovereign rights in the East Sea andrefrain from recurrences of such violations, to contribute to peace andstability in the East Sea and promote stable and healthy bilateralrelations,” said the spokeswoman.
Nga said “since late May 2010, China has been sending the M/V Western Spirit seismicsurvey vessel, together with escort ships, to conduct seismic study inthe Tri Ton island area of Hoang Sa archipelago and in the oil and gasexploration lots 141, 142 and 143 on Vietnam’s continental shelf,approximately 90 – 116 nautical miles from Ly Son island, east of thecentral province of Quang Ngai.
“China has also been carrying out ground levelling on Tri Ton island for construction works on this island,” she said.
“China’sactions has violated Vietnam’s indisputable sovereignty over the HoangSa archipelago, Vietnam’s sovereign rights to the continental shelf andthe 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone in accordance with the1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, going against the spirit ofthe Declaration of the Code of Conduct in the East Sea, and runningcounter to the common views of the Vietnamese and Chinese leaders insustaining peace and stability, and refraining from furthercomplicating the situation in the East Sea,” she said.
She wenton to say the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has made numerousrepresentations to the Chinese side at different levels to expound itsofficial views on these matters. However, China is continuing thoseactivities./.
The spokeswoman made the statement in Hanoi on August 5 whileanswering reporters’ questions on Vietnam's reaction to Chineseseismic studies in the Tri Ton island area of Hoang Sa archipelago(Paracels) and its construction work on the island.
“Vietnam demands that China immediately cease activities that violateVietnam’s sovereignty and its sovereign rights in the East Sea andrefrain from recurrences of such violations, to contribute to peace andstability in the East Sea and promote stable and healthy bilateralrelations,” said the spokeswoman.
Nga said “since late May 2010, China has been sending the M/V Western Spirit seismicsurvey vessel, together with escort ships, to conduct seismic study inthe Tri Ton island area of Hoang Sa archipelago and in the oil and gasexploration lots 141, 142 and 143 on Vietnam’s continental shelf,approximately 90 – 116 nautical miles from Ly Son island, east of thecentral province of Quang Ngai.
“China has also been carrying out ground levelling on Tri Ton island for construction works on this island,” she said.
“China’sactions has violated Vietnam’s indisputable sovereignty over the HoangSa archipelago, Vietnam’s sovereign rights to the continental shelf andthe 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone in accordance with the1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, going against the spirit ofthe Declaration of the Code of Conduct in the East Sea, and runningcounter to the common views of the Vietnamese and Chinese leaders insustaining peace and stability, and refraining from furthercomplicating the situation in the East Sea,” she said.
She wenton to say the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has made numerousrepresentations to the Chinese side at different levels to expound itsofficial views on these matters. However, China is continuing thoseactivities./.
