Chinese diplomat: The United States wants to take advantage of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea without fulfilling its obligations

Beijing-Sana

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng declared that the United States is not at all in a position to use the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea to accuse others, noting that Washington only wants to benefit from the agreement without fulfilling its obligations.

"Early in the negotiations on the Convention, the United States ignored the concerns of developing countries, persistently opposed the consideration of the international seabed and its resources as the common heritage of mankind, and planned to establish another regime," Xinhua quoted Xie as saying in a press interview marking the 40th anniversary of the opening for signature of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. outside the agreement to impede its adoption.”

"While the United States opposed the EEZ system proposed by developing countries during the negotiations, it obtained the largest EEZ in the world after the adoption of the agreement," Shih added, noting that Washington did not ratify the agreement, but increased the emphasis on the sovereignty of the agreement with ulterior motives and arbitrarily used it as a tool. To distort, contain and suppress other countries.

The Chinese diplomat explained that the United States really only wants to take advantage of the benefits of the agreement without fulfilling its obligations and that it does other than what it says and is not at all in a position to cite the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea to accuse others.

Shih emphasized that the so-called "freedom of navigation" being promoted by the United States is in fact intended to boycott UNCLOS regimes such as the exclusive economic zone, maintain US naval dominance, and allow its warships and military aircraft to continue their unfettered path at sea.

He went on to say that Washington has instead blamed others in recent years and has often defied other countries' maritime claims under the pretext of freedom of navigation without any basis in international law, including the law of the sea.

Noting that China's position and claims on the South China Sea are a matter of strong historical and legal basis, Xie said... there has never been any problem regarding freedom of navigation in the South China Sea and there will never be any problem related to this matter.

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