South China Sea rivals agree to set up hotline ‘to cope with emergencies’

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Le Hong Hiep, a senior fellow with the Vietnam studies programme at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore, said the latest move was part of Hanoi’s “hedging strategy in its relations with China”.

during a phone call with the country’s new leader Nguyen Xuan Phuc. But a Chinese foreign ministry statement on the talks did not refer to tensions caused by their territorial disputes in the resource-rich South China Sea, which have long weighed on the countries’ relationship.

“While trying to upgrade its military and maritime law enforcement capabilities to deal with China’s assertiveness on the ground, Vietnam also wants to promote bilateral political, economic and military cooperation where possible to maintain a peaceful and mutually beneficial relationship with China,” Le said. “Promoting bilateral naval cooperation is part of these efforts.”Story continues

“The biggest security issue for both China and Vietnam is their maritime disputes in the South China Sea, where confrontations and a back-and-forth between navies and coastguards have been on and off,” Chen said.

 

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