(28 Apr 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Beijing – 28 April 2025
1. Wide of news conference
2. Wide of reporters
3. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Guo Jiakun, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson:
“Tiexian Reef (known as Sandy Cay in English) is part of China’s Nansha Islands (Spratly Islands in English) and is an uninhabited island. The Chinese side carried out rights-defending law enforcement activities in accordance with the law, aimed at countering the Philippines’ illegal landing on the reef and other infringement and provocative activities, firmly safeguarding the country’s territorial sovereignty, ensuring that Tiexian Reef remains uninhabited and free of facilities, and firmly upholding the seriousness of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea.”
4. Close of reporters
5. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Guo Jiakun, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson:
“According to the consensus reached between China and India, the pilgrimage of Indian pilgrims to Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar in Tibet, China, will resume this summer. Both sides are currently advancing the relevant preparations. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and India. China is willing to work with India to earnestly implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries and promote the healthy and stable development of China-India relations.”
6. Mid of reporters
7. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Guo Jiakun, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson:
“China welcomes all measures conducive to cooling down the current situation and supports the prompt conduct of a fair investigation. As a common neighbour of India and Pakistan, China hopes that both sides will exercise restraint, move towards each other, and properly handle relevant differences through dialogue and consultation, jointly maintaining regional peace and stability.”
8. Mid of reporters
9. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Guo Jiakun, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson:
“China expresses deep condolences to the victims of the explosion at Shahid Rajaei port in southern Iran, and extends sincere sympathies to the Iranian government, the families of the victims, and the injured. We wish the injured a speedy recovery.”
10. Various of news conference
STORYLINE:
China on Monday reasserted its claim to a group of three sandbars in the South China Sea despite the Philippines’ protest.
Earlier in the day, the Philippines rejected China’s claim to Sandy Cay, after recent displays by both sides of their national flags on the uninhabited outcroppings.
The back and forth over Sandy Cay is the latest flare-up in a long-running dispute over territory in the hotly contested South China Sea, which China claims almost in its entirety.
The flare-up began last week when a Chinese state-owned newspaper posted exclusive photos of coast guard officers on Sandy Cay from mid-April, including one of them holding up a Chinese flag.
Three days later, a joint Philippines coast guard, navy and maritime police team headed on Sunday to the three sandbars and posed for a photo holding up their national flag.
At the Monday briefing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun justified the move as the country’s “rights-defending law enforcement activities in accordance with the law.”
The sandbars are in the Spratly Islands between Philippine-occupied Thitu Island and Subi Reef, which China has transformed into a base with a military-grade runway and buildings with communications facilities.
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