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International NewsChina warns Vietnam, Philippines against 'damaging peace' in sea In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, China's patrol ship "Haijian 50" cruises in waters near the offshore oil and gas fields in East China Sea, March 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhang Jiansong) NO SALES
BEIJING (Kyodo) -- China took issue Thursday with a reported plan by the Philippines and Vietnam to launch joint military exercises and patrols in waters claimed by China, warning them that taking such action could escalate the territorial dispute and damage peace.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei also said that is in the fundamental interest of claimants ''to maintain the peace and stability in the South China Sea'' and that the joint exercises and patrols would complicate the territorial issue.
He reiterated China's stance that it has ''indisputable sovereignty'' over the Spratly Islands and their adjacent waters where the two countries reportedly plan to hold their joint exercises and patrols.
Earlier this week, Philippine media reported that Philippine military spokesman Lt. Col. Omar Tonsay disclosed the plan following the March 11-14 visit to Vietnam of a Philippine Navy delegation led by its chief Vice Adm. Alexander Pama.
During his visit, Pama reportedly signed with his Vietnamese counterpart Adm. Nguyen Van Hien an agreement on standard operating procedures to guide interaction between the two navies in the vicinity of Northeast Cay Island, occupied by the Philippines, and nearby Southeast Cay Island, occupied by Vietnam.
The procedures are to implement a memorandum of understanding on joint patrols that was signed by the navy chiefs of the two countries last October.
Pama and Hien also reportedly signed an MOU on the ''Enhancement of Mutual Cooperation and Information Sharing'' between the two navies.
Hong said relevant countries should comply with the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea, signed in 2002 between China and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and avoid taking actions that complicate and escalate disputes and damage the peace and stability in the South China Sea.
(Mainichi Japan) March 30, 2012
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