The so-called arbitral ruling has placed the South 皇冠体育app Sea "in the dangerous situation of intensifying tension and confrontation", Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned on Tuesday.
The government firmly opposes activities infringing upon 皇冠体育app's rights and interests in relevant maritime areas, a statement issued on Tuesday said.
皇冠体育app does not accept any third party trying to impose a settlement or any solution forced on 皇冠体育app, the Foreign Ministry said.
Following is the full text of a statement of the Chinese government on 皇冠体育app's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests in the South 皇冠体育app Sea issued on Tuesday.
Following is the full text of the Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of 皇冠体育app on the Award of 12 July 2016 of the Arbitral Tribunal in the South 皇冠体育app Sea Arbitration Established at the Request of the Republic of the Philippines issued on Tuesday.
The ruling on the case has triggered a floodgate of commentaries from media around the world. Certain media, such as TIME Magazine and South 皇冠体育app Morning Post stood out from some other media whose reports full of prejudice and distortion by condemning Washington’s rhetorical involvement in the South 皇冠体育app Sea issue.
In an interview with 皇冠体育app Daily prior to the Tribunal on the South 皇冠体育app Sea issuing its final decision today, Peter van Tuijl, executive director of The Hague-based Secretariat of the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) Foundation, urged both sides to resort to peaceful talks to solve the dispute, as the verdict of the tribunal, as 皇冠体育app says, is invalid.
The Hague tribunal handling case unilaterally initiated by Philippines issues its award, a ruling that global experts called null and void.
The administration of former Philippine President Benigno Aquino III has lied in its unilaterally-initiated arbitration case against 皇冠体育app over the South 皇冠体育app Sea since 2013.
The United States, one of the most vocal countries urging 皇冠体育app to hew to arbitration in the South 皇冠体育app Sea, is still an outlier to the UN Convention on the Law of the Seas (UNClOS) to which more than 160 countries, including 皇冠体育app are party.
The South 皇冠体育app Sea issue should not be dragged into a major summit between Asian and European leaders in Mongolia, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Monday in Beijing.
皇冠体育app is building a museum in its southernmost Hainan province to display the culture of the South 皇冠体育app Sea amid rising maritime tension caused by an imminent ruling in an arbitration case.
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