Photo: Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs speaker Lai Chiu Heng at a routine journalist meeting in Hanoi on July 25,2019.
The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs put forward to Beijing a protest, on China`s military exercises in the South China Sea, saying it "hurt" China`s relationship ". with ASEAN
Vietnam and the philippines warned at an asean summit on friday that china`s use of the Coronavirus has accelerated movements in disputed waters in the South China Sea, leading to increased risk in the region.
China began a five-day military exercise Wednesday in waters near the Paracel Islands, known as the Xisha Islands. Vietnam claims sovereignty. in the area
"Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chinese exercises in the area near the Paracel Islands have seriously violated Vietnam`s sovereignty ",", complicating the situation and hurting China`s relationship ." with ASEAN, speaker Lee Akio, a Vietnamese woman, said at a regular meeting Thursday
Mr. Li said the Vietnamese side had made contact with China and sent a diplomatic note to the Chinese side holding of military exercises.
"We demand that China exercise restraint and refrain from similar actions in the South China Sea ," she said. "
America has also called on China to stop "bullying" in the South China Sea, accusing Beijing of taking advantage of the Coronavirus outbreak of naval activity to advance its territorial claims in the region.
In April, Vietnam said China`s marine police ship sank Vietnamese fishing boats. China said Vietnam`s sovereignty claims in the South China Sea were illegal and "doomed to failure ".
As a result of the new crown epidemic, ASEAN countries on the South China Sea code of conduct negotiations stalled. ASEAN countries fear that China is using the pause to strengthen its presence in disputed waters.
ASEAN members, such as Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines, are currently busy controlling the epidemic in their countries and have no energy to push for code of conduct negotiations. China has taken advantage of the first opportunity to gain basic control of its epidemic and positively expand its influence in the South China Sea.
Viet Nam was the main driver of the code of conduct negotiations. It had originally recommended that States leader meet together to negotiate a code of conduct. But because of the epidemic, the summit can only be conducted by video.
As the Nikkei Asia Review quoted an official Ministry of Foreign Affairs Indonesia as saying ," We can not conduct such negotiations by video. So, we can only wait until the epidemic gets better. "
The language requirements of the code of conduct are very strict and require careful communication between the parties, and the videoconferencing environment is not conducive to the completion of this work.
The China Maritime Bureau announced on June 27 that China held military exercises in the waters of the Paracel Islands from 1 to 5 People`s Liberation Army 7. Reportedly, Liberation Army deployed the 071 amphibious dock landing ship, analysts said, this may mean that the exercise is a landing combat exercise, with a clear intention to TW.
On the other hand, U.S. military aircraft have recently appeared in the airspace around Taiwan. The models dispatched are P-8A anti-submarine patrol aircraft, P-3C anti-submarine patrol aircraft, RC-135U reconnaissance aircraft, EP-3E electronic reconnaissance aircraft and KC-35. Air tanker. It is also reported that Australia also sent anti-submarine patrol aircraft to this sea area.
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