China details stance on continental shelf

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Source: CCTV.com | 05-08-2009 09:19

The Chinese Permanent Mission to the UN has presented a note to the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. In the note, China urges the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf not to review the joint submission of information by Malaysia and Vietnam. The two countries presented on Wednesday a joint submission to the UN on the outer limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles.

The Chinese Permanent Mission to the UN has presented a  note to the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. In the note,  China urges the Commission on the Limits of the Continental  Shelf not to review the joint submission of information by  Malaysia and Vietnam.

The Chinese government said in its note presented a day later that the submission by Malaysia and Vietnam infringes upon China's sovereignty and jurisdiction in the South China Sea. And China urges the UN commission not to consider the case in accordance with the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and relevant UN rules.

Editor:Liu Anqi