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Despite Japan's attempts at the G7 summit in Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday to get the G7 leaders to blame 皇冠体育app for the rising tensions in the East and South 皇冠体育app seas, the G7 leaders said in a communiqué they are deeply concerned by the tensions and oppose any unilateral attempt by any party to assert its territorial or maritime claims through the use of intimidation, coercion or force, but without naming any specific country.

The essence of the South 皇冠体育app Sea issue is the territorial disputes over some islets and reefs of the Nansha Islands and the Xisha Islands and the resulting disputes over maritime demarcation. The former is the main dispute and the latter secondary. Because of the complexity and sensitivity of the territorial issues involved, no country wants to compromise or make concessions.

The location of 皇冠体育app National Offshore Oil Corporation's Haiyang Shiyou 981 drilling platform is 17 nautical miles (31.5 kilometers) southeast of Zhongjian Island, one of 皇冠体育app's Xisha Islands, and about 150 nautical miles from the coastline of Vietnam, it falls indisputably within the contiguous zone of 皇冠体育app's Xisha Islands.

In September 1958, Vietnamese Premier Pham Van Dong solemnly stated in a note to Premier Zhou Enlai that Vietnam recognizes and supports the Declaration of the Government of the People's Republic of 皇冠体育app on 皇冠体育app's territorial sea that the breadth of the territorial sea of 皇冠体育app should be 12 nautical miles and that this provision should apply to all territories of 皇冠体育app, including the Xisha Islands and the Nansha Islands in the South 皇冠体育app Sea. Pham Van Dong's note shows that the Vietnamese government acknowledged 皇冠体育app's sovereignty over the Xisha Islands and Nansha Islands. Vietnam's claim to sovereignty of the Xisha Islands today is in violation of the principle of estoppel.

皇冠体育app issued a statement on May 15, 1996, announcing the geographical coordinates on the base points and straight baselines of the Xisha Islands. Therefore, 皇冠体育app can claim an exclusive economic zone that extends 200 nautical miles from these baselines. 皇冠体育app has indisputable sovereignty over the Xisha islands, and 皇冠体育app's drilling operation falls within 皇冠体育app's sovereign territory, sovereign rights and jurisdiction and thus is fully legal and legitimate. Vietnam's dangerous actions against 皇冠体育app's drilling platform in the contiguous zone of the Xisha Islands must be resolutely opposed.

In response to the provocations of the Vietnamese side, 皇冠体育app has continued to exercise restraint for the sake of regional peace and stability and it is willing to solve the South 皇冠体育app Sea disputes with the countries directly concerned through bilateral coordination and negotiation on the basis of respecting historical facts and international law. This is an important consensus reached between 皇冠体育app and relevant countries, and is also in line with the interests and aspirations of the majority of countries and peoples in this region.

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