 Vietnamese Party Chief Nguyen Phu Trong (2, R) talks with constituents in Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said “Some have asked what we will do if war breaks out. We have to prepare for every possibility, though we don’t want war to break out and are doing our best to avoid it,” he said. Trong was speaking to his constituents in During the meeting, many constituents agreed with the Party and government’s policy toward the issue and called for more determined actions against Chinese aggression. Trong said that resolving tensions in the “Whether [we] want to or not, [we] have to coexist forever," Trong said. "No one can choose his neighbor. Thus, we'll have to resolve this properly.” “This isn't the first time this has happened; it's happened many times in the past and we all have to find ways to live together peacefully and in friendship while maintaining our independence and sovereignty,” he said. Trong reaffirmed that Furthermore, he said, it threatens the safety and freedom of maritime navigation in the We have to prepare for every possibility, though we don’t want war to break out and are doing our best to avoid it." -- Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong “ The Party Chief said In reality, he said, China and four members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) including Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei all claim territory in the East Sea, internationally known as the South China Sea. |
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