China once again urges the Vietnamese side to immediately stop disruptions of Chinese company's operation
China once again urges the Vietnamese side to immediately stop disruptions of Chinese company's operation
On May 16, Ouyang Yujing, Director-General of the Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs of China's Foreign Ministry held a press briefing on Vietnam's disruption of Chinese company's drilling operation in the south waters to the Zhongjian Island of China's Xisha Islands.
Ouyang Yujing said that China has repeatedly urged Vietnam to respect China's sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction, stop its disruptive activities and pull all vessels and personnel out of the area. However, the Vietnamese vessels continued to ram the Chinese vessels on the site.
Up to the morning of May 16, there have been as many as over 60 Vietnamese vessels of various types at the scene. Since May 2, Vietnamese collisions against Chinese vessels have totaled over 500 times. China