Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday voiced protest about the attacks by a Chinese fishery patrol boat on two Vietnamese fishing vessels in the waters off Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago on July 7. When answering reporters’ questions regarding the incident, the Foreign Ministry spokesman, Luong Thanh Nghi, said that these acts violated Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa archipelago and Vietnam’s sovereign rights and jurisdiction in the East Sea. Such acts runs against the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC), the spirit of humane treatment of fishermen, and the agreement on basic principles guiding the settlement of marine issues between Vietnam and China, Nghi said.
Posted on: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 09:50:09 +0000
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