VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has made a formal request to China to cancel inaccurate details on its map of the nine-dash line as printed on recent e-passports for Chinese citizens.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Luong Thanh Nghi issued the statement at a regular press briefing in Hanoi on November 22 in response to questioning about Vietnam’s stance on the issue.

The Chinese act has violated Vietnam’s national sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes, and its jurisdiction rights to related territorial waters in the East Sea, Nghi said.

A Vietnam Foreign Ministry representative met with a Chinese Embassy delegate in Hanoi to protest the development and to demand China correct its actions, Nghi added.

On the subject of Vietnam’s participation in a meeting to be held in the Philippines, Nghi said Vietnam is waiting for an official invitation letter from the host to agree on the agenda and date.

Consultations between Vietnam and ASEAN are regular activities to promote peace, stability and maritime security and safety as well as peacefully resolve disputes on the basis of international law, including the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC), and the joint declaration issued on the 10th anniversary of DOC ASEAN’s stated six-point principles on the East Sea.

The same day, Nghi also stated that Vietnam welcomes the truce between Israel and Palestine’s Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas to end conflicts in the Gaza Strip.

Vietnam noted with deep concern over the serious violence between Israel and Palestine that has killed hundreds of women and children and condemns all military attacks that cause loss of human life and property for their citizens.

Vietnam praises every effort to bring regional peace and stability and calls all parties concerned to respect the newly-reached ceasefire agreement, Nghi said.

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