南海城管车轮大战正式开始,渔政303、311船今天早上继续切断越南石油勘探船电缆Spokewoman of Vietnam's Foreign Ministry comfirmed China's fishing boats cutting the cable of Vietnam's seismic vessel this morning (9 June 2011).
Ms. Nguyen Phuong Nga confirmed in the press conference this afternoon: at 6 am on 9/6, PetroVietnam's Viking ship was conducting exploration activities, a Chinese fishing vessel with the number of 6226, and two fishing vessels with the numbers of 311 and 303 approached with high speed.
Viking 02 ship flared to signal but China's fishing vessel still came close and cut cable and equipment of Viking 02, but cable-cutting equipment of China's vessel got stuck in the cables. Later, 2 other China's fishing vessel came in to rescue 6226 vessel.
Mrs Nga said the location where the incident occurred (136/03 lots at coordinates 6o47, 5 North, 109o17, 5 East) is entirely within Vietnam's exclusive economic zone in accordance with international law.
Mrs Nga emphasized that this is a deliberate act, carefully calculated and prepared by China. |
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