Chairwoman of Canada’s Senate Committee for Foreign Affairs andInternational Trade Raynell Andreychuck has voiced her support forVietnam’s self restraint and stance on easing the ongoing tension in theEast Sea at a recent meeting with Vietnamese Ambassador to Canada ToAnh Dung.
She expressed her deep concern about the mountingtension there after China illegally placed its drilling rig HaiyangShiyou-981 deep in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continentalshelf in early May.
She said she hopes the two sides will solve the issue through peaceful means.
Ambassador Dung briefed the host of the latest developments in theEast Sea, confirming China’s illegal acts have seriously infringedinternational law, especially the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of theSea (UNCLOS).
The move also poses a threat to the regionalpeace as well as security and safety of navigation in the East Sea, headded.
Vietnam has exercised her utmost restraint andpersistently pursued peaceful means by demanding for China’s immediatewithdrawal of its oil rig from Vietnam’s waters, in an effort tosafeguard the nation’s territorial sovereignty, Dung said.
The diplomat also handed over the letter of head of the NationalAssembly’s Committee for External Affairs Tran Van Hang to the Canadianofficial, which highlights China’s violation of Vietnam’s sovereignright and jurisdiction and international law.
Since earlyMay, China has illegally operated the rig and a large fleet of armedvessels, military ships and aircraft in Vietnam’s waters.
Despite Vietnam’s protests, China has expanded its scale of operationand recently moved the rig to 15 degrees 33 minutes 36 seconds northlatitude and 111 degrees 34 minutes 11 seconds east longitude, which is60 nautical miles deep inside Vietnam’s continental shelf and exclusiveeconomic zone.
According to the Vietnam Fisheries ResourcesSurveillance Department, on June 24, China sent 102 – 108 vessels,including six military ships, to protect the oil rig that is illegallystationed in Vietnam’s waters, continuing aggressive acts to harassVietnamese ships.-VNA
She expressed her deep concern about the mountingtension there after China illegally placed its drilling rig HaiyangShiyou-981 deep in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continentalshelf in early May.
She said she hopes the two sides will solve the issue through peaceful means.
Ambassador Dung briefed the host of the latest developments in theEast Sea, confirming China’s illegal acts have seriously infringedinternational law, especially the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of theSea (UNCLOS).
The move also poses a threat to the regionalpeace as well as security and safety of navigation in the East Sea, headded.
Vietnam has exercised her utmost restraint andpersistently pursued peaceful means by demanding for China’s immediatewithdrawal of its oil rig from Vietnam’s waters, in an effort tosafeguard the nation’s territorial sovereignty, Dung said.
The diplomat also handed over the letter of head of the NationalAssembly’s Committee for External Affairs Tran Van Hang to the Canadianofficial, which highlights China’s violation of Vietnam’s sovereignright and jurisdiction and international law.
Since earlyMay, China has illegally operated the rig and a large fleet of armedvessels, military ships and aircraft in Vietnam’s waters.
Despite Vietnam’s protests, China has expanded its scale of operationand recently moved the rig to 15 degrees 33 minutes 36 seconds northlatitude and 111 degrees 34 minutes 11 seconds east longitude, which is60 nautical miles deep inside Vietnam’s continental shelf and exclusiveeconomic zone.
According to the Vietnam Fisheries ResourcesSurveillance Department, on June 24, China sent 102 – 108 vessels,including six military ships, to protect the oil rig that is illegallystationed in Vietnam’s waters, continuing aggressive acts to harassVietnamese ships.-VNA
