Fishing vessels of Vietnam on East Sea (Illustrative photo: VNA)Washington (VNA) – US Senator Jim Risch, Chairman of the Senate Foreign RelationsCommittee, along with three others, namely Bob Menendez, Cory Gardner and EdMarkey, on April 11 criticised the Chinese Coast Guard’s recent sinking of a Vietnamesefishing boat in Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago waters in the EastSea.
Their statement stressed that the incident and China’s other activities on illegally reclaimed features in the East Sea are deeply concerning and underminingregional stability at a time when the international community should be comingtogether to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
They condemned China’s actions as causing division and tension in the East Sea, and called on the US to work to ensure a freeand open Indo-Pacific and to promote peaceful activities in the East Sea./.
Their statement stressed that the incident and China’s other activities on illegally reclaimed features in the East Sea are deeply concerning and underminingregional stability at a time when the international community should be comingtogether to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
They condemned China’s actions as causing division and tension in the East Sea, and called on the US to work to ensure a freeand open Indo-Pacific and to promote peaceful activities in the East Sea./.
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