Vietnam warmly responds G7 security statement on sea
On April 14, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Hai Binh made the statement in response to reporters’ query on Vietnam’s reaction to the G7 Foreign Ministers’ statement that expressed concerns about the situation in the East Seas, during the ministry’s regular news conference in Hanoi.
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Hai Binh
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“Viet Nam calls upon related parties to make practical contributions to the maintenance of peace, stability, and obedience to the law in seas and oceans,” the diplomat said.
The Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the US, as well as a representative from the European Union, met in Hiroshima, Japan, on April 10 and 11 to discuss issues related to counter-terrorism and global security.
They reaffirmed their commitment to further international co-operation on maritime security and safety in a statement released on April 11. “We reiterate our commitment to the freedoms of navigation and overflight and other internationally lawful uses of the high seas and exclusive economic zones, as well as to the related rights and freedoms in other maritime zones, including the rights of innocent passage, transit passage and archipelagic sea lane passage consistent with international law,” the statement said.
“We express our strong opposition to any intimidating, coercive or provocative unilateral actions that could alter the status quo and increase tensions, and urge all states to refrain from such actions such as land reclamation - including large scale ones – and the building of outposts, as well as their use for military purposes,” the statement noted.
On this occasion, the Spoksman also announced that newly-elected Vietnamese PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc will attend the G7 Summit scheduled in late May in Japan.
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