China objects to Malaysia's UN submission on South China Sea claim
MANILA, Philippines — China urged the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (UNCLCS) not to consider Malaysia's submission over its territorial waters in the South China Sea.
Last week, Malaysia submitted a request to the committee to extend its continental shelf beyond the 200-nautical mile limit,
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If the committee considers Malaysia's submission,
China, meanwhile, accused Malaysia of infringing its sovereignty as the limits proposed by the latter would pass through the
In a diplomatic note sent to UN secretary general Antonio Guterres, China's permanent mission stressed that it has
The Chinese mission claimed that the country has
Beijing also claimed it has an exclusive economic zone and continental shelf in the area.
In July 2016, the Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration issued a landmark ruling on the Philippines' arbitration against Beijing's expansive claims over the South China Sea, including the West Philippine Sea.
The arbitral tribunal invalidated China's nine-dash line claim over the disputed waterway but Beijing refuses to acknowledge this award.
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