The United States on Tuesday (US time) urged China to cease its 'routine harassment' of vessels from South China Sea claimant countries that are operating in their exclusive economic zones (EEZ).
The United States on Tuesday urged China to cease its "routine harassment" of vessels from South China Sea claimant countries that are operating in their exclusive economic zones .
It also urged Beijing to comport its maritime claims with international law as reflected in the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention . In 2022 shortly after the sixth anniversary of the ruling and after the Philippines called the ruling "final" and "indisputable," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said the decision violated international law.
The Delegation of the EU and the embassies in Manila of its member-states — Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Austria, Romania, Slovakia , Finland and Sweden — released the statement on July 11, the eve of the PCA's decision's anniversary .
"We are resolutely opposed to any use of force or threat to do so. We recall, in this regard, the Arbitration award rendered under UNCLOS on the 12th of July 2016," the embassy said.had been spotted in the vicinity of Iroquois Reef and Sabina Shoal in the West Philippine Sea.
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