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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing and ASEAN should work together to eliminate “external interference” in the South China Sea issue.
The statement was made by Wang during a joint press conference with Malaysian Foreign Minister Hishammuddin Hussein in Kuala Lumpur, but the head of China’s Foreign Ministry did not specify where the “external” factor came from.
In response, Mr. Hishammuddin argued that the South China Sea disputes should be resolved peacefully through regional dialogue.
Wang also accused the strategic cooperation between the United States, Japan, Australia and India under the Quadratic Security Dialogue as part of Washington’s effort to build a “NATO in the Indo-Pacific.” “He said that this initiative” will seriously undermine regional security. “
Malaysian Foreign Minister Hishammuddin Hussein (right) welcomed Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Kuala Lumpur today. Image: Called.
China’s foreign minister is on a trip to 4 countries in Southeast Asia, including Cambodia, Malaysia, Laos and Thailand. His second stop was Malaysia, a country that China put on a “priority” list to provide four Covid-19 vaccines that were manufactured by the country and are being tested in the final stage.
China claims illegal sovereignty over most of the South China Sea and illegally accumulated 7 reefs of Vietnam’s Spratlys on artificial islands. The country has also repeatedly illegally deployed aircraft and military equipment on these artificial islands.
The ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting in late July issued a joint statement expressing concern over land reclamation, serious activities, and incidents in the region, undermining confidence, increasing tensions and possibly undermines weak peace, security and stability in the region. The Declaration affirms the importance of maintaining and promoting peace, security, stability, security, and freedom of navigation and overflight in the South China Sea.
ASEAN also stressed the importance of fully and effectively implementing the Declaration on the Conduct of the Parties in the South China Sea (DOC) and moving towards the achievement of a Code of Conduct (COC).
The United States recently increased its freedom of navigation patrol in the South China Sea and persuaded its allies and partners to participate to reject China’s unreasonable claims in these waters. Washington also accused Beijing of seeking to build a “maritime empire” in the South China Sea.
Vietnam has repeatedly condemned China’s illegal activities in the South China Sea. The spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Le Thi Thu Hang, stated that Hoang Sa and Truong Sa are an inseparable part of Vietnamese territory and that Vietnam has sufficient legal basis and historical evidence to affirm the with these two islands, in accordance with the law international.
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