Writers’ association voices to protest China’s illegal rig deployment
President of the Vietnamese Writers’ Association (VWA) Huu Thinh on May 15 sent a letter to his Chinese counterpart Tie Ning to determinedly oppose China’s illegal positioning of a drilling rig in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf.
In the letter, Thinh wrote that the VWA demands the Chinese side immediately stop its illegal act and remove the Haiyang Shiyou-981 rig and armed ships out of Vietnam’s waters.
The rig placement seriously violates Vietnam’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, sovereign right and jurisdiction over its exclusive economic zone and continental shelf as well as international law, running counter to the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) signed by China and the ASEAN member countries, the letter said, adding that China’s recent act negatively affects the two countries’ relationship and hurts the Vietnamese people.
Through the letter, the VWA asked the Chinese side to strictly abide by international law, especially the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the DOC, and agreements reached by the two countries’ high-level leaders, for the basic and long-term interests and friendship between the two peoples as well as for peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world.
It also called on writers from Vietnam, China and all over the world to have sufficient consciousness of the seriousness of the situation and raise their voices to protect justice and international law.
The association also confirmed that it totally supports measures conducted by the Government and authorised agencies to safeguard the country’s legitimate sovereignty by peaceful means and in line with international law
The rig placement seriously violates Vietnam’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, sovereign right and jurisdiction over its exclusive economic zone and continental shelf as well as international law, running counter to the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) signed by China and the ASEAN member countries, the letter said, adding that China’s recent act negatively affects the two countries’ relationship and hurts the Vietnamese people.
Through the letter, the VWA asked the Chinese side to strictly abide by international law, especially the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the DOC, and agreements reached by the two countries’ high-level leaders, for the basic and long-term interests and friendship between the two peoples as well as for peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world.
It also called on writers from Vietnam, China and all over the world to have sufficient consciousness of the seriousness of the situation and raise their voices to protect justice and international law.
The association also confirmed that it totally supports measures conducted by the Government and authorised agencies to safeguard the country’s legitimate sovereignty by peaceful means and in line with international law