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Vietnam opposes all sovereignty violations: Spokesman

Vietnam opposes all activities that violate its sovereignty as well as militarise and threaten peace, stability, security, safety and freedom of navigation and overflight in the East Sea.
Vietnam opposes all sovereignty violations: Spokesman ảnh 1Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam opposes all activities that violate its sovereigntyas well as militarise and threaten peace, stability, security, safety andfreedom of navigation and overflight in the East Sea.

The statement was made on December 16 by Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binhwhile answering reporters’ question on Vietnam’s response to new satelliteimages of the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) which show that China appears tohave installed weapons on seven geographic features in the East Sea.

“Vietnam is extremely worried about this imagery,” he stressed,affirming the country has sufficient legal foundation and historical evidenceproving its sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa  (Spratly) archipelagoes.-VNA
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