At the meeting of the G7 foreign ministers in London, the UK. (Photo: VNA)Earlier, during a sidelinemeeting with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, the two ministers shared theirconcerns over China’s new Coast Guard Law that took effect last February, saying itwould harm security in regional waters.
Japan released the2021 Diplomatic Bluebook on April 27, which states that China’s covert militaryexpansion and increasing unilateral efforts to change the status quo in the EastChina Sea and the East Sea raise strong security concerns in the region and theinternational community.
China has recently continuedto take action that triggers tensions in the East Sea, including the announcementthat it would guarantee the enforcement of the fishing ban that took effect on May1, 2021, on the sea area covering part of the Gulf of Tonkin and Vietnam’s HoangSa (Paracel) archipelago, and continue to deploy ships to Bai Ba Dau in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago.
Speaking at a pressconference on April 29, Deputy Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs DoanKhac Viet said that Vietnam has sufficient legal grounds and historical evidencetestifying to its sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos, as wellas its legal rights and interests towards sea areas identified in line with the 1982 United NationsConvention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
He again declared thatany act harming Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos,as well as the country’s sovereignty, sovereign rights, and jurisdiction over itssea areas, is valueless and not recognised./.
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