VN reaffirms sovereignty over Hoàng Sa and Trường Sa archipelagos
VNGOVNet - Vietnam once again confirms that Hoàng Sa and Trường Sa Archipelagos belong to Vietnam. Vietnam has sufficient historical and legal grounds to support its claim over them.
The spokesman of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Lê Dũng said so in a reply to the December 28, 2006 question from the Vietnam News Agency concerning an article carried in the Chinese magazine Huan Qiu in connection with
According to a report from the magazine’s December 2006 issue, since November 1, 2005,
“As in the previous statements released by the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokespersons in 1992 and 1996,
“Vietnam restates the policy of resolving any marine disputes among concerned parties through peaceful means in respect for each other’s independence and sovereignty and in line with the international law and practice, particularly the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and the 2002 Declaration of Conducts (DOC) of concerned parties in the Eastern Sea, for friendship, cooperation and peace and stability in the Eastern Sea,” said the spokesman.
By Xuân Hồng
(Source: MOFA)