China’s unilateral activities in East Sea violate UNCLOS
China’s unilateral activities in East Sea violate UNCLOS: Japanese expert
China’s recent activities in the East Sea are more unilateral and provocation, seriously violating the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982 UNCLOS), said Professor Daisuke Hosokawa at the Osaka University of Economics.
Professor Daisuke Hosokawa at the Osaka University of Economics (Photo: VNA)
Tokyo (VNA) – China’s recent activities in the East Sea are more unilateraland provocation, seriously violating the 1982 United Nations Convention on theLaw of the Sea (1982 UNCLOS), said Professor Daisuke Hosokawa at the OsakaUniversity of Economics.
Hosokawa said in an interview with the Vietnam News Agency that China is tryingto change the status quo in the East Sea. Therefore, Beijing will continue itsprovocative activities in the waters in the time ahead.
The professor made the comments in the context that many countries have expressedtheir deep concern over escalating tensions in the East Sea due to China’s illegalactivities, especially the deployment of surveyvessel group Haiyang Dizhi 8 to TuChinh reef (internationally known as Vanguard Bank) in Vietnam’s exclusiveeconomic zone. The activities have seriously violated international law,infringed sovereignty, sovereign right and jurisdiction, and hindered legal oiland gas activities in exclusive economic zones of Vietnam and other coastalnations.
Vietnam’s reactions toward Chinese activities are generally good andappropriate, he said, suggesting that the country need to continue affirmingits sovereignty and condemning China’s illegal activities.
Hosokawa said Vietnam will come back to the ASEAN Chair next yearand the country can do more actively than before.
The professor expressed his hope that Vietnam will make efforts to make ASEANstronger./.
Vietnam resolutely opposes Chinese survey vessel group Haiyang Dizhi 8’s continued serious violations of Vietnam’s sovereignty right and jurisdiction in territorial waters as defined in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang has said.
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Professor Daisuke Hosokawa at the Osaka University of Economics (Photo: VNA) 
