All countries have common obligation, interest in respecting int’l law: spokeswoman
Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang highlighted Vietnam’s viewpoint that all countries have the common obligation and interest in respecting fundamental principles of international law while addressing the ministry’s press conference on July 16.
Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang speaks at the regular press conference on July 16 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Le ThiThu Hang highlighted Vietnam’s viewpoint that all countries have the commonobligation and interest in respecting fundamental principles of internationallaw while addressing the ministry’s press conference on July 16.
With regard to several recent remarks on Twitterby her Chinese counterpart Hua Chunying, Hang reiterated that Vietnam hassufficient legal ground and historical evidence testifying to its sovereigntyover Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes in line withinternational law.
Responding to a question about the recentstatement by US State Secretary Mike Pompeo and the US’s stance on maritimeclaims in the East Sea, the spokeswoman said peace, stability, cooperation, anddevelopment in the East Sea are the common aspirations and goals of countriesbordering the East Sea as well as of those in the region and the internationalcommunity.
Upholding international law, respecting legalorder at sea, and fully and responsibly implementing the 1982 United NationsConvention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) are critical to realising thosegoals, she went on.
Hang noted Vietnam welcomes countries’ stanceson the East Sea issue that are in conformity with international law and sharesthe viewpoint that the 1982 UNCLOS is the legal framework regulating allactivities in seas and oceans.
“We also hope that countries will join us in exertingutmost efforts to contribute to the maintenance of peace, stability,cooperation in the East Sea and to the settlement of disputes via dialogue andother peaceful measures in accordance with international law for commoninterest and in line with aspirations of countries in the region and theinternational community,” she said, adding that Vietnam always makes active andresponsible contributions to common efforts and throughout this process.
The spokeswoman also reaffirmed that maintainingan East Sea region of stability, peace, cooperation, and development is notonly the common aspiration but also the common responsibility of countriesbordering the East Sea, regional countries, and the international community.
To do that, it is necessary for countries in theregion and the international community to make joint efforts on the basis ofinternational law and fully and responsibly implement fundamental principles ofinternational law, including the 1982 UNCLOS. And Vietnam has been actively andresponsibly contributing to common efforts towards this goal, Hang said./.
China’s military drills on Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago have violated Vietnam’s sovereignty over the archipelago and run counter to the spirit of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC), spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry Le Thi Thu Hang has said.
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US Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo affirmed on July 13 that the People’s Republic of China (PRC)’s claims to offshore resources across most of the South China Sea (called the East Sea in Vietnam) are completely unlawful, as is its campaign of bullying to control them.
Vietnam welcomes other countries’ stance on the East Sea issue in line with international law, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said on July 15.
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Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang speaks at the regular press conference on July 16 (Photo: VNA) 
