Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam hopes that countriescontinue to actively contribute to maintaining peace and stability on the basisof international law in the East Sea, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi ThuHang said on February 25.
The spokesperson made the remark when replying to severalquestions from reporters on developments in the East Sea at a regular pressconference of the Foreign Ministry held virtually.
Commenting on the announcement of French Defence MinisterFlorence Parly that the country has deployed the SNA Emeraude submarine on apatrol in the East Sea, Hang said maintaining peace, stability, order,security, safety and freedom of navigation and aviation, the rule of law, and respectfor countries’ sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction in the East Seain accordance with the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS 1982)is the goal, the interest, the responsibility and the wish shared by allcountries and the international community.
Countries’ activities in the East Sea should contribute to thiscommon goal, she stressed.
“As a responsible member of the international community and amember of the 1982 UNCLOS, Vietnam complies to the convention’s stipulations,including regulations regarding maritime and aviation activities in the waters designatedin accordance with the convention,” the spokesperson said./.