Vietnam has sought the support of India as part of its efforts to mobilise international opinion against China in the wake of Beijing’s ‘interference’ with the ongoing oil and gas activities in Vietnamese waters in the South China Sea, thus violating the South-East Asian nation’s sovereignty.
“We want India also to raise the issue since New Delhi has a direct stake in the matter,” Vietnamese diplomatic sources said here on Monday, drawing attention to the fact that nearly a dozen Chinese coast guard ships were still in the Vietnamese waters where the ONGC (Videsh) was among those involved in oil exploration activities.Read More…
