China asked to stop Hoang Sa sovereignty violations
VOV.VN - Vietnam requests China to end its wrongful activities on Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Hai Binh on February 19.
Binh was speaking in reply to reporters’ queries on China’s construction of a military helicopter base on Quang Hoa Island and its deployment of HQ-9 surface-to-air missiles on Phu Lam Island of Vietnam’s Hoang Sa archipelago.
“ Vietnam is deeply concerned over China ’s above-mentioned activities, which seriously violate its sovereignty of the archipelago and threaten peace and stability in the region, as well as navigation and aviation security, safety and freedom in the East Sea. Vietnam asked China to immediately end these wrongdoings," Binh said.
The same day the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a diplomatic note to the China Embassy in Hanoi to protest against China’s infringements on Vietnam’s sovereignty on Hoang Sa archipelago.