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Vietnam contests China-RP Spratlys deal
The Philippines are to be declared a major non-NATO ally. With their new status the Philippines are expected to get more military aid. What is interesting is that the United States is training them to defend the Spratlys against China.
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Instead the Philippines and China have signed an agreement to jointly explore for oil and gas in parts of the disputed Spratly islands.
-Am
Friday, September 10, 2004 8:16 AM
HANOI - Vietnam expressed concern on Thursday over an agreement between the Philippines and China to jointly explore for oil and gas in parts of the disputed Spratly islands, and said it had asked them for more details on the pact.
"We are very concerned," Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Dung told a news briefing, adding that the agreement between the two countries' state oil firms had been reached "without any consultation with other parties concerned."
China, Taiwan and Vietnam claim the whole of the Spratlys -- a cluster of rocks and reefs in the South China Sea believed to be rich in oil, gas, minerals and fish.
Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines claim portions of the islands.
China National Offshore Oil Corp. and the Philippine National Oil Co. signed the exploration agreement last Wednesday during a visit to Beijing by President Arroyo.
Dung reaffirmed Vietnam's "indisputable" claim over the islands, adding: "We have requested that China and the Philippines provide us with the content of this agreement."
Hanoi has tried to underscore its claim to the Spratlys by starting tourism trips to the islands where it maintains military facilities and local government officials.
Reuters/abs-cbnNEWS.com
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/FlashNewsStory.aspx?FlashOID=19940
The Philippines are to be declared a major non-NATO ally. With their new status the Philippines are expected to get more military aid. What is interesting is that the United States is training them to defend the Spratlys against China.
#msg-2768332
Instead the Philippines and China have signed an agreement to jointly explore for oil and gas in parts of the disputed Spratly islands.
-Am
Friday, September 10, 2004 8:16 AM
HANOI - Vietnam expressed concern on Thursday over an agreement between the Philippines and China to jointly explore for oil and gas in parts of the disputed Spratly islands, and said it had asked them for more details on the pact.
"We are very concerned," Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Dung told a news briefing, adding that the agreement between the two countries' state oil firms had been reached "without any consultation with other parties concerned."
China, Taiwan and Vietnam claim the whole of the Spratlys -- a cluster of rocks and reefs in the South China Sea believed to be rich in oil, gas, minerals and fish.
Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines claim portions of the islands.
China National Offshore Oil Corp. and the Philippine National Oil Co. signed the exploration agreement last Wednesday during a visit to Beijing by President Arroyo.
Dung reaffirmed Vietnam's "indisputable" claim over the islands, adding: "We have requested that China and the Philippines provide us with the content of this agreement."
Hanoi has tried to underscore its claim to the Spratlys by starting tourism trips to the islands where it maintains military facilities and local government officials.
Reuters/abs-cbnNEWS.com
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/FlashNewsStory.aspx?FlashOID=19940
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