Vietnam slams illegal aircraft landings on Spratly Islands

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Satellite image of an Y-20 aircraft illegally landing on the Fiery Cross Reef of the Spratly Islands in December 2020. Photo courtesy of Maxar Technologies

 

Vietnam expressed strong opposition Thursday to China illegally landing its aircraft on Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago as a violation of its sovereignty.

 

Responding to a query about China sending its transport aircraft Y-20 to illegally take off from and land on the Fiery Cross, Subi and Mischief reefs, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang said: "Vietnam requests that China respect Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa islands, immediately end and not repeat such actions; respect international law and mutual awareness among the leaders of Vietnam and China on maritime issues."

 

The Global Times, China’s state-run newspaper, said China landed the aircraft on the runway of (illegally built) artificial islands on September 16 to transport its soldiers back to China.

 

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