{"id":147044,"date":"2021-10-05T10:53:23","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T02:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=147044"},"modified":"2021-10-05T10:53:23","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T02:53:23","slug":"malaysia-summons-envoy-over-encroachment-of-chinese-vessels-into-its-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=147044","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia Summons Envoy Over Encroachment Of Chinese Vessels Into Its Waters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>PUTRAJAYA, Oct 5 (NNN-Bernama) &#8212; The Malaysia&#8217;s Ministry of Foreign Affairs called in China\u2019s ambassador on Monday to convey Malaysia\u2019s position and protest against the presence and activities of Chinese vessels, including a survey vessel, in Malaysia\u2019s Exclusive Economic Zone off the coasts of Sabah and Sarawak states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement issued late Monday, the ministry said the presence and activities of these vessels were inconsistent with Malaysia\u2019s Exclusive Economic Zone Act 1984, as well as the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMalaysia\u2019s consistent position and actions are based on international law, in defence of our sovereignty and sovereign rights in our waters,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysia had also protested against the previous encroachments by other foreign vessels into our waters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In determining Malaysia\u2019s position and course of action with regard to the South China Sea issue, which is complex and involves inter-State relations, Malaysia\u2019s national interests will remain of paramount importance, the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysia reiterates that all matters relating to the South China Sea must be resolved peacefully and constructively, in accordance with universally recognised principles of international law, including the 1982 UNCLOS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; NNN-BERNAMA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PUTRAJAYA, Oct 5 (NNN-Bernama) &#8212; The Malaysia&#8217;s Ministry of Foreign Affairs called in China\u2019s ambassador on Monday to convey Malaysia\u2019s position and protest against the presence and activities of Chinese vessels, including a survey vessel, in Malaysia\u2019s Exclusive Economic Zone off the coasts of Sabah and Sarawak states. In a statement issued late Monday, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":147052,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[215,288,286,318],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147044"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=147044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/147052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=147044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=147044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}