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Vietnam envisages greater role by India in solving South China Sea dispute | Vietnamese Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Van Thao has
hoped that India would echo a strong voice in the region to help Vietnam resolve
the South China Sea dispute peacefully and as per international laws. China is
involved in long-running disputes with Vietnam and the Philippines about ownership
of the South China Sea and its myriad, mostly uninhabited, islands and atolls.
Taiwan , Malaysia and Brunei also have claims. Speaking to mediapersons in Hanoi
, Nguyen Van Thao thanked the Indian government for supporting the peaceful dialogue
process, initiated by the Vietnamese government, to resolve this dispute. "On
this occasions and on this matter we would like to thank the (Indian) government
for your agreement with the ways that we handle the dispute in South China sea,
which is through diplomatic channels, through peaceful dialogues, through peaceful
measures and most importantly, based on the international and legal documents
and law," Thao said. Thao also claimed that all the moves made by China on the
issue was in violation of International Laws because the areas under dispute belonged
to the exclusive economic zone of Vietnam, around 200 nautical miles from Vietnam's
territory. Vietnam maintains that it wishes to resolve the dispute within parameters
of International Laws and on the basis of legal documents. Earlier, Indian Ambassador
to Vietnam , Ranjit Rae said that India dealt with countries on the basis of bilateral
issues separately and advertised the peace dialogue undertaken to resolve the
South China Sea dispute. "As far as the territorial disputes of different countries
in this area are concerned, we believe that this dispute should be resolved by
these countries through peaceful dialogue and it should be resolved as per the
norms of the International law," said Rae. He however conceded that India had
a huge energy requirement with its growing economy growth and had hence signed
an agreement with Vietnam to not only explore but also producing blocks of gas
in from the sea. "Even our companies are active in the South China Sea and its
like they have come just yesterday, our companies have been active from late 1980's.
Not only in exploration, they are active in producing blocks of gas as well. In
October last year an agreement was signed between ONGC International limited and
Petro Vietnam , when the honourable President of Vietnam visited India that agreement
was signed. According to that agreement both companies will increase cooperation
not only in Vietnam but also other countries," Rae added. The South China Sea
issue has picked up momentum ahead of ASEAN Summit scheduled to begin in Combodia
later this week.
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