Military to help safeguard marine rights
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April 27, 2012, Friday
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Chinese armed forces will work closely with fishery and maritime supervision agencies to jointly safeguard national marine rights and interests, a Defense Ministry spokesman said yesterday.
Spokesman Geng Yansheng made the remarks at a monthly press briefing in response to a question on whether the Chinese navy will send warships to patrol the South China Sea following an incident on April 10 when Chinese fishing boats were harassed by a Philippine Navy gunboat while taking refuge from bad weather in a lagoon near Huangyan Island.
Two Chinese marine surveillance ships conducting routine patrols in the area later came to the fishermen's rescue.
The Chinese navy did not send warships at the time.
Geng said the Chinese army shouldered the responsibility of defending national territory sovereignty and safeguarding marine rights and interests.
"Chinese armed forces have persisted in implementing their mission under the unified deployment of the nation," he said.
At a routine press briefing yesterday afternoon, Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin said Huangyan Island was an inherent part of the Chinese territory and China's sovereignty did not require international arbitration.
Liu was speaking after the Philippines said it would take the Huangyan Island dispute to the International Tribunal on the Law of the Seas.
In response to confirmation that the Philippine Department of Education confirmed plans to open a school on Zhongye Island, part of China's Nansha Islands in the South China Sea, Liu said China has sovereignty over the Nansha Islands and adjacent waters and opposes any illegal activities that will infringe on its sovereignty.
Spokesman Geng Yansheng made the remarks at a monthly press briefing in response to a question on whether the Chinese navy will send warships to patrol the South China Sea following an incident on April 10 when Chinese fishing boats were harassed by a Philippine Navy gunboat while taking refuge from bad weather in a lagoon near Huangyan Island.
Two Chinese marine surveillance ships conducting routine patrols in the area later came to the fishermen's rescue.
The Chinese navy did not send warships at the time.
Geng said the Chinese army shouldered the responsibility of defending national territory sovereignty and safeguarding marine rights and interests.
"Chinese armed forces have persisted in implementing their mission under the unified deployment of the nation," he said.
At a routine press briefing yesterday afternoon, Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin said Huangyan Island was an inherent part of the Chinese territory and China's sovereignty did not require international arbitration.
Liu was speaking after the Philippines said it would take the Huangyan Island dispute to the International Tribunal on the Law of the Seas.
In response to confirmation that the Philippine Department of Education confirmed plans to open a school on Zhongye Island, part of China's Nansha Islands in the South China Sea, Liu said China has sovereignty over the Nansha Islands and adjacent waters and opposes any illegal activities that will infringe on its sovereignty.
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