April 2, 2018

HANOI -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi yesterday said Beijing and Hanoi should settle their disputes in the South China Sea through talks and move to jointly exploit its waters.

"We have agreed that settling the maritime issues is extremely important for the healthy and sustainable development of bilateral relations," he told reporters after a meeting with Vietnamese Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh in Hanoi.

China claims 90 per cent of the potentially energy-rich maritime territory and has been building on and militarising rocky outcrops and reefs in its waters.

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