Vietnam's foreign ministry has lodged a complaint with China over military drills in the South China Sea that it said were 'detrimental' to Beijing's relationship with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
FILE PHOTO: A crewman from the Vietnamese coastguard ship 8003 looks out at sea as Chinese coastguard vessels give chase to Vietnamese ships that came close to the Haiyang Shiyou 981, known in Vietnam as HD-981, oil rig in the South China Sea, July 15, 2014. REUTERS/Martin Petty
Vietnam and the Philippines warned of growing insecurity in Southeast Asia at a regional summit last Friday, amid concerns that China was using the cover of the coronavirus pandemic as a means to step up its activity in the disputed waterway. “China’s drills around seriously violate Vietnam’s sovereignty”, foreign ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang told a regular briefing on Thursday.
The United States has also called on China to stop its “bullying behaviour” in the South China Sea, and accused Beijing of using the COVID-19 pandemic as cover to push its territorial claims there with a surge in naval activity.
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