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Reuters in Beijing

China and Vietnam have agreed to “address and control” maritime disputes, Chinese state media said on Friday, as differences over the potentially energy-rich South China Sea have spoiled relations between the two countries and other neighbours.
Ties between the Communist countries sank to a three-decade low this year after China deployed a US$1 billion-oil rig in the disputed waters which straddle key shipping lanes.
Vietnam claims the portion of the sea as its exclusive economic zone, and the rig’s deployment sparked a wave of riots and bloody clashes between Vietnamese and Chinese workers in Vietnam.
The two countries should “properly address and control maritime differences” to create favourable conditions for bilateral cooperation, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on Thursday on the sidelines of the Asia-Europe Meeting in Milan.
“Thanks to efforts from both sides, China-Vietnam relations have ridden out the recent rough patch and gradually recovered,” the official Xinhua news agency cited Li as saying.

Xinhua said Dung agreed and endorsed boosting “cooperation in infrastructure, finance and maritime exploration”.
The comments were a reiteration of earlier pledges by leaders from the two countries.
China claims almost the entire South China Sea, believed to be rich in deposits of oil and gas resources. Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also have claims in the waters where US$5 trillion of ship-borne goods pass every year.
Alarmed by China’s military rise and growing assertiveness, Vietnam has broadened its military relationships in recent years, most notably with Cold War-era patron Russia but also with the United States.
Beijing has told Washington to stay out of disputes over the South China Sea and let countries in the region resolve the issue themselves.
 


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China's state media quotes Premier Li Keqiang saying: 'China-Vietnam relations have ridden out the recent rough patch and gradually recovered'


China and Vietnam have agreed to “address and control” maritime disputes, Chinese state media said on Friday, as differences over the potentially energy-rich South China Sea have upset relations between the two countries and other neighbours.
