After India, Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam And Taiwan Also Reject New China Map
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Vietnam "resolutely opposes all China's claims in the South China Sea based on the dotted line," the spokesperson for Vietnam's foreign affairs ministry said.
Vietnam said China's official map released this week violates its sovereignty over the Spratly and Paracel Islands and jurisdiction over its waters, according to a statement posted on the nation's government news website.
China's sovereignty and maritime claims based on the nine-dotted line on the map are "invalid," said the statement, which cited Pham Thu Hang, the spokesperson for Vietnam's foreign affairs ministry. Vietnam "resolutely opposes all China's claims in the South China Sea based on the dotted line," Hang added in the statement.
Other countries have also rejected the map. India on Tuesday took issue with a part of the map that shows sections of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh under China's control. And the Philippines said it doesn't recognize China's expansive claims in the South China Sea.
