(VOVworld) – The Council of Representatives of French and Vietnamese Associations (CRAFV) asked China to respect the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s ruling on the Philippines lawsuit against China’s claims in the East Sea.

A satellite image showing China’s illegal construction of Fiery Cross Reef in the East Sea (Photo: AFP)

The Council sent on Wednesday its petition to the French President, government, and parliament, the European Parliament and Committee, the embassies in France of China, the US, and other countries. The Council said China’s acts violated the Philippines’ sovereignty, devastated the marine environment, violated international law, and the sovereignty and rights of the Philippines and other regional countries. The petition called on government and political agencies of the EU, the US, and ASEAN to take necessary actions to persuade China to respect the PCA ruling, and the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and halt its illegal construction of artificial islands, militarizing those islands, and illegally hindering Vietnamese fishermen from doing their work.