HA NOI — The National Border Committee must resolutely protect the country's land and sea areas as well as respect the territorial sovereignty and national borders of neighbouring countries.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung made the statement yesterday at a ceremony to mark the 35th anniversary of the committee where it was awarded with the title of Labour Hero.
In his address, Dung reiterated the Party and State's consistent policy of firmly protecting national border security, sovereignty and territorial integrity under all circumstances.
He directed the committee, which is under the Foreign Ministry, to continue boosting negotiations with neighbouring countries to define national borders and build border lines of peace, friendship, stability and co-operation for development on both land and sea.
During the past 35 years, under the direction of the Party, Government and the Foreign Ministry, the committee has made many contributions to the protection of territorial sovereignty and the national interest.
The committee's most prominent achievements include the completion of land border demarcation and the Gulf of Tonkin delimitation with China, and land demarcation and marker planting with Laos.
It also signed the border delineation treaty with Cambodia in 1985, the maritime boundary delimitation agreement with Thailand in 1997 and the continental shelf delimitation agreement with Indonesia in 2003.
The committee submitted its report on the position of the country's continental shelf, which lies 200 nautical miles beyond the country's coastline, to the UN's Commission for the Limits of the Continental Shelf.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem expressed the determination of Foreign Ministry staff and the National Border Committee to strictly follow the guidance of State and Party leaders.
He said the committee would continue to work closely with relevant ministries and branches to protect sovereignty, territorial integrity and national security, and build border lines of peace, friendship, stability and co-operation for development on both land and sea. — VNS
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