(VOVworld) – Vietnam and Norway have held talks on the situation in the East Sea and its impacts to regional security on Wednesday in Oslo, Norway.

A Chinese vessel rammed a Vietnamese vessel on its side

Head of the Institute for Foreign Policy and Strategic Studies Hoang Anh Tuan said Vietnam has sufficient historical and legal basis to prove Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos. Vietnam had not experienced any disputes on Hoang Sa archipelago until China used violence to occupy it in 1974. China’s deployment of its oil rig 981 into Vietnam’s territorial waters in May violated international law and went against the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
He asked Norwegian scholars and the international community to voice their opposition and ask China to fully observe international law, and stop unilateral actions detrimental to peace, security and stability in the region. The participants expressed concern about China’s unilateral and aggressive actions, and stressed that only peaceful negotiations on the basis of mutual respect and international law bring everlasting peace and stability for East Asia.