MALAYSIA has sent a complaint letter to Vietnam over its alleged expansion of a South China Sea reef that both countries claim as their own, two offic...
has sent a complaint letter to Vietnam over its alleged expansion of a South China Sea reef that both countries claim as their own, two officials told Reuters, in a rare bilateral escalation not involving China.
The most contested features are around the Spratly archipelago, where China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Vietnam, Brunei and the Philippines all have various claims and degrees of occupation. The complaint was over Vietnam’s alleged artificial expansion of the Barque Canada Reef, an islet in the Spratlys where Vietnam has built numerous infrastructure, according to satellite images analysed by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington-based think tank, which were released last month.Vietnam’s foreign ministry did not reply to a request for comment. Malaysia’s foreign ministry did not comment.
The tiny Spratly islands have seen significant construction in recent years as countries seek to bolster their territorial claims and prove they can sustain human habitation on dozens of islets and features.
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