Talks ease tension over South China Sea rights
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June 27, 2011, Monday
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CHINA and Vietnam yesterday pledged to resolve maritime disputes through peaceful negotiation, a sign of easing tension over sovereignty in the South China Sea.
Chinese State Councillor Dai Bingguo met Vietnamese Vice Foreign Minister Ho Xuan Son, special envoy of the Vietnamese leader, in Beijing on Saturday, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, and the two sides agreed to "peacefully resolve their maritime disputes through negotiations and friendly consultations."
Both sides agreed to adopt effective measures to jointly safeguard peace and stability in the South China Sea.
"Healthy and steady development of Sino-Vietnamese relations accords with the basic interests and common aspirations of the peoples of both countries and is also conducive to regional peace, stability and development," the ministry said.
The two sides also agreed to "strengthen public opinion guidance to prevent words and actions that would be detrimental to the friendship and mutual trust between the peoples of the two countries."
The two sides also agreed to speed up consultations over a pact regarding the fundamental principles of solving maritime disputes, pledging to work harder for an agreement as early as possible.
The two sides also gave a nod to prompt implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC) and its follow-up actions.
Since the signing of the DOC in 2002, China has actively pushed forward the implementation of the follow-up actions of the DOC.
In the past nine years, China and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have hosted two senior officials' meetings and established a joint working group on the implementation of the DOC.
ASEAN consists of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
The joint working group has reached consensus on six cooperative projects, including disaster prevention and mitigation in the South China Sea and coordination on marine search and rescue missions.
Both China and Vietnam stressed advancing the growth of the Sino-Vietnamese partnership characterized by comprehensive, strategic and cooperative features, through firmly adhering to the guideline highlighting "long-standing stability, future-orientation for good neighborly and friendly relations and all-round cooperation" and in line with the spirit of "good neighbors, good friends, good comrades and good partners."
Before his meeting with Dai, the Vietnamese special envoy held talks with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun.
Chinese State Councillor Dai Bingguo met Vietnamese Vice Foreign Minister Ho Xuan Son, special envoy of the Vietnamese leader, in Beijing on Saturday, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, and the two sides agreed to "peacefully resolve their maritime disputes through negotiations and friendly consultations."
Both sides agreed to adopt effective measures to jointly safeguard peace and stability in the South China Sea.
"Healthy and steady development of Sino-Vietnamese relations accords with the basic interests and common aspirations of the peoples of both countries and is also conducive to regional peace, stability and development," the ministry said.
The two sides also agreed to "strengthen public opinion guidance to prevent words and actions that would be detrimental to the friendship and mutual trust between the peoples of the two countries."
The two sides also agreed to speed up consultations over a pact regarding the fundamental principles of solving maritime disputes, pledging to work harder for an agreement as early as possible.
The two sides also gave a nod to prompt implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC) and its follow-up actions.
Since the signing of the DOC in 2002, China has actively pushed forward the implementation of the follow-up actions of the DOC.
In the past nine years, China and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have hosted two senior officials' meetings and established a joint working group on the implementation of the DOC.
ASEAN consists of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
The joint working group has reached consensus on six cooperative projects, including disaster prevention and mitigation in the South China Sea and coordination on marine search and rescue missions.
Both China and Vietnam stressed advancing the growth of the Sino-Vietnamese partnership characterized by comprehensive, strategic and cooperative features, through firmly adhering to the guideline highlighting "long-standing stability, future-orientation for good neighborly and friendly relations and all-round cooperation" and in line with the spirit of "good neighbors, good friends, good comrades and good partners."
Before his meeting with Dai, the Vietnamese special envoy held talks with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun.
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