China’s military exercises in Hoang Sa violate Vietnam’s sovereignty: Official
A fishing vessel from Da Nang City sinks after being hit by a Chinese vessel near the Paracels, May 26, 2014. Photo by VnExpress/Nguyen Dong. Sketched by the Pan Pacific Agency.
HANOI, Aug 26, 2020, VNA. China’s organisation of consecutive military exercises in the waters to the north-northeast of Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago has violated Vietnam’s sovereignty over the archipelago, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang on August 26, Vietnam News Agency reported.
Responding to reporters’ query, the spokesperson made it clear that China’s act runs counter to the spirit of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) and complicates the situation, which is unfavourable for the current negotiations between China and the ASEAN on a Code of Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (COC) and the maintenance of a peaceful, stable and cooperative environment in the East Sea.
“Vietnam demands that China respect Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa archipelago, stop and not repeat such violations,” Hang said.
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