(0610 CR M02)VIETNAM URGED TO HALT PROVOCATIVE ACTS

From Xinhua News Agency: (0610 CR M02)VIETNAM URGED TO HALT PROVOCATIVE ACTS DATELINE: June 10, 2011 LENGTH: 00:01:35 PKG INTRO China urged Vietnam to halt all acts which violate Chinese sovereignty over the Nansha Islands and the surrounding waters. China Report has the details. PKG Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei made the remarks on Thursday. Hong says China has indisputable sovereignty over the Nansha Islands and the surrounding waters, which belong to the South China Sea. He adds that Chinese fishermen have been fishing on the Vanguard Bank of the Nansha Islands from generation to generation. 'However, Chinese fishing boats, while operating in the above waters, were chased away by armed Vietnamese ships on Thursday morning. Amid the chasing turmoil, the fishing net of one of the Chinese fishing boats got tangled with the cables of a Vietnamese oil exploring vessel, which was operating illegally in the same water area. Regardless of the safety of the Chinese fishermen, the oil ex Powered by www.newslook.com

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