(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Ijing may 27 (qna) - a spokesman for china's foreign ministry on monday refuted vietnamese comments on the sovereignty of the xisha islands vowing determination to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
qin gang said the information offered by the vietnamese side at a press briefing in hanoi last friday was ridiculous according to china's (xinhua) news agency.
"their comments showed the country's falsification of history denial of truth inconsistency and treachery" qin said arguing that vietnam has little international credibility.
"china was the first country to discover develop name and govern the xisha islands" while chinese people are indisputable owners of the islands said the spokesman.
in 1958 china announced it had set 12 nautical miles as the width of its territorial sea and the xisha islands were included. ten days after that then vietnamese prime minister pham van dong told then chinese premier zhou enlai that the vietnamese government admitted the truth of and respected china's statement on its territorial sea he said. (qna)
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