(VOV) – In an open letter to the Vietnamese embassy in France on May 13, the Vietnam-France Friendship Association (VFFA) strongly repudiated the foray by China into the territorial waters of Vietnam.
The incursion by China into the economic exclusive zone and continental shelf of Vietnam runs counter to international law, the VFFA said, expressing “deep concern” over the assault.
Disputes between Vietnam and China over sovereignty of the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelagos must not be resolved militarily and should be amicably resolved in accordance with the precepts of international law, especially in a manner consistent with the basic tenets of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
The press release called on China to extract its oil rig from Vietnam’s territorial waters and put an end to the wrongful episode, respecting commitments of the 2002 Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC).
Additionally, the charitable association Amis France-Vietnam sent a telegram to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) and the Vietnamese Embassy in France strongly protesting China’s violation over Vietnam’s sovereign.
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