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China affirms almost all South Sea China, including Spratly Islands, but several of its neighbors, including the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Brunei, have competed for the islands and reef.
China, on Wednesday, deployed combat aircraft and attacked the US. UU, calling the “biggest destroyer of peace” after a first-line American ship sailed on a reef near the spirit islands in South China (SCS), one of the world. More crowded maritime commercial rails.
The Destroyer of the Navy of the US Navy. UU Benfold sailed next to the malice, located near the Spratly Islands, known as Nansha in China, on Wednesday, saying it was part of Fonop (Freedom of Food Operation).
Beijing affirms almost all SCS, including the Spratly Islands, but several of its maritime neighbors, including the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Brunei, have competed for the islands and reefs.
In July 2016, an international court in the Hague rejected the claim of China’s “Nine-Dash Line” at the South China Sea. The court concluded that there was no legal basis for China to claim historical rights to resources within the marine areas that are within the “line of nine houses”.
The ring-shaped mischief reef is located about 250 km from the coast of the Philippines.
In 2017, it was reported that China had built several military installations in the Spratly Islands, even in the mischief reef to effectively reinforce its claim.
The warships of the US Navy. UU Sail frequently near the disputed islands, unleashing acute criticisms from China.
“On September 8, USS Benfold (DDG 65) affirmed the navigation rights and freedoms in the Spratly Islands, coherent with international law. This phonop confirmed the rights, freedoms and legal uses of the sea. USS Benfold showed that the reef From mischief, a low tide elevation in its natural state, has no right to a territorial sea under international law, “said the LT Mark Langford Public Affairs Officer, US Public Affairs Officer. UU
“The United States participated in ‘normal operations’ within 12 nautical miles of mischief reef. According to international law, as reflected in the Law of the Send Convention, the characteristics such as the evil reef that are immersed to the High tide In its state trained naturally they are not entitled to a territorial sea. “Earth recovery efforts, facilities and structures built on the evil reef do not change this characterization according to international law,” he said.
By participating in normal operations within 12 nautical miles of Mischief Reef, the United States showed that vessels can legally exercise high-seas freedoms in those areas, the Langford declaration added.
“These missions are based on the rule of law and demonstrate our commitment to defend the legal rights, freedoms and legal uses guaranteed to all nations.”
“The freedom of navigation operations in the South Sea of China are part of the daily operations of US military forces throughout the region,” said the statement.
The Southern Theater Command (STC) of the Popular Liberation Army of China (PLA) issued a strong statement against the Warship movements of the United States in the SCS.
The spokesman for the command, Tian Junli, said the operation was carried out without the approval of the Chinese government.
The PLA AIRFORCE carried out monitoring monitoring and issued a warning to the war ship, he said. “The serious violation of the sovereignty and security of China is another evidence of Ironclad from its aggressive hegemony of navigation and militarization of the China South Sea,” said Tian Junli.
He added that the facts have repeatedly shown that the US. It is a “Maritime Safety Risk Manufacturer of China and Out” and the “Greatest Destroyer” of Peace and Stability in the SCS.
The theater command “will remain on high alert and will take all necessary measures to fulfill your duty to protect sovereignty and national security, as well as peace and stability in the region,” said Tian Junli.
