by Admin | Jun 11, 2014 | News
(BGF) – US Secretary John Kerry expressed “strong concerns” over recent disputes in the South China Sea between China and Vietnam and called China’s introduction of an oil rig and numerous government vessels in waters disputed with Vietnam was “provocative”, as BBC reported. In another meeting with the Singaporean foreign minister, Mr Kerry also called the Chinese move an “aggressive act”.
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May 13, 2014
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The US has warned China that moving a drilling rig into seas disputed with Vietnam was “provocative”.
In a telephone call, US Secretary of State John Kerry told Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi the US had “strong concerns” over recent developments.
Last week, Chinese and Vietnamese ships clashed over the drilling rig that China has placed in waters near the disputed Paracel Islands.
China and Manila are also at odds over overlapping territorial claims.
Beijing claims a U-shaped swathe of the South China Sea that covers areas other South East Asian nations say are their territory.
The issue has been rumbling in recent years amid an increasingly assertive stance from China over its claims.
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by Admin | Jun 11, 2014 | News
(BGF) – The Economic Times reported that U.S Secretary of State John Kerry told Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi over their phone call that Chinese actions over maritime dispute with Vietnam were “provocative”, and urged both sides to de-escalate tensions, resolve the dispute through peaceful means in accordance with international law.
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US chides China over maritime dispute with Vietnam
May 13, 2014
U.S Secretary of State John Kerry and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in a meeting in April 2013. (Photo Credit: Reuters)
WASHINGTON: The United States told Beijing Monday that the movement last month of a Chinese oil rig and vessels into waters disputed with Vietnam was provocative, the State Department said.
Secretary of State John Kerry delivered the message in a telephone call with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, US spokesperson Jen Psaki said.
Maritime rows in the South China sea flared this month after China moved an oil drilling rig into waters also claimed by Hanoi.
Kerry emphasized the United States’ “strong concerns” over recent developments in the South China Sea.
“He said China’s introduction of an oil rig and numerous government vessels in waters disputed with Vietnam was provocative,” Psaki said in a statement.
“He urged both sides to de-escalate tensions, ensure safe conduct by their vessels at sea, and resolve the dispute through peaceful means in accordance with international law,” Psaki said.
by Admin | Jun 10, 2014 | News
(BGF) – According to Reuters, in a discussion about the South China dispute with U.S State Secretary John Kerry, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged him to speak and act cautiously, and to be objective.
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China urges U.S. Kerry to be “objective” on South China Sea dispute
May 13, 2014 | By Megha Rajagopalan and Nick Macfie
U.S State Secretary John Kerry and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi
Beijing (Reuters) – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi discussed the South China Sea dispute with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and urged him to speak and act cautiously, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
Wang urged Kerry to be objective, ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a daily press briefing.
Tensions rose in the resource-rich South China Sea last week after China positioned a giant oil rig in an area also claimed by Vietnam. Each country accused the other of ramming its ships near the disputed Paracel Islands.
China claims almost the entire South China Sea, rejecting rival claims to parts of it from Vietnam, the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia and Brunei. It also has a separate maritime dispute with Japan.
by Admin | Jun 10, 2014 | News
(BGF) – Keith Bradsher from the New York Times commented that China and Vietnam appear to have reached at least a temporary impasse over a giant drilling rig sent by a state-controlled Chinese oil company to a site in the South China Sea, which claimed by Vietnam.
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China and Vietnam at Impasse Over Rig in South China Sea
by Admin | Jun 10, 2014 | News
(BGF) – According to the New York Times, Vietnam failed to rally partners in China dispute in the ASEAN Summit in Myanmar. Vietnam Prime Minister, Mr Nguyen Tan Dung, made a strong statement accusing China of “dangerous and serious violations” in a territorial dispute and addressed the issue to leaders of Southeast Asian countries attending a summit meeting. Nevertheless, the leaders only expressed “serious concerns over the ongoing developments in the South China Sea,” but did not mention China.
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Vietnam Fails to Rally Partners in China Dispute
HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam’s prime minister, Nguyen Tan Dung, accused China on Sunday of “dangerous and serious violations” in a territorial dispute that has raised anger toward China here to the highest levels in years.
Mr. Dung’s comments, which were carried in the Vietnamese state news media, were addressed to leaders of Southeast Asian countries attending a summit meeting in Myanmar. It was his strongest statement since China towed a huge oil rig into disputed waters off the coast of Vietnam this month.
“This extremely dangerous action has been directly endangering peace, stability, security, and marine safety,” Mr. Dung was quoted as saying, adding that Vietnam had acted with “utmost restraint.”
Mr. Dung’s comments were uncharacteristically spirited for the typically anodyne meetings of the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations, but they failed to produce collective criticism of China. The leaders, who work by consensus, did not mention the dispute in their final statement on Sunday. Myanmar then released a statement after the meeting was over that expressed “serious concerns over the ongoing developments in the South China Sea,” but did not mention China. It called for self-restraint and the resolution of disputes by peaceful means.
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