談判大門始終敞開 提起仲裁是菲律賓背棄承諾!
China said on last Thursday the door for dialogue with the Philippines on the South China Sea is always open, refuting the country's argument that bilateral dialogue has come to an end.
中國政府於上週四宣稱，在南海問題上，中國政府始終向菲律賓敞開對話的大門。這一言論也反駁了菲律賓政府此前的雙邊對話已走到盡頭的聲明。China and the Philippines have agreed a series of bilateral and multilateral documents to solve the South China Sea disputes through negotiation, but the Philippines abandoned its promises, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei at a daily press briefing.
在外交部例行新聞發佈會上，外交部發言人洪磊表示，爲了通過談判的方式來解決中國南海爭端問題，中國已經和菲律賓達成了一系列雙邊和多邊文件，但是菲律賓放棄了它的承諾。"China's door for dialogue with the Philippines is always open," Hong said.
洪磊說道：“中國永遠向菲律賓敞開對話的大門。”
He said the two countries have had close contact and several rounds of consultation on trust, managing disputes and maritime cooperation yet the Philippines have never had any conversation with China on any of its appeals of the arbitration case. "The argument that 'bilateral dialogue has come to an end' is indeed another lie made up by the Philippines," said Hong.
洪磊表示，中菲曾有密切的聯繫，並且曾經就管理爭端和海上合作等事務展開過幾輪互信磋商，但是菲律賓從來沒有就其所發起的仲裁案中的任何內容和中國開展過對話。洪磊說道：“事實上，菲律賓'雙邊對話已經走到盡頭'的言論只不過是它另一個謊言。”He reaffirmed that China is acting entirely in accordance with the law by not accepting nor pArticipating in the arbitration, which was unilaterally initiated by Manila in early 2013 and will be heard by a five-judge tribunal in The Hague.
洪磊重申了中國的立場，表示中國完全按照法律行事，不會接受、也不會參與到這起仲裁案中。菲律賓曾於2013年單方面向聯合國發起針對南海的仲裁申請，而這起案件即將在海牙國際法庭由5位法官共同審理。China exercised its right under Article 298 of the UN Convention on the Law of Sea (UNCLOS) in 2006 and made a declaration that excludes compulsory arbitration, said Hong.
洪磊表示，中國是在遵守2006年公佈的《聯合國海洋法公約》中第298項條款的情況下，行使自己的權利，並且宣告不接受任何強制性的仲裁。The Philippines' arbitration, unlawful and illegitimate from the very beginning, is in fact political provocation under the cloak of law. China firmly opposes a certain country's taking hostage the international rule of law for its own selfish gains, he said.
他說，由菲律賓發起的這起仲裁案件，從一開始就是不合邏輯、不合法的。事實上，這是菲律賓意圖針對中國、披着法律外衣的政治挑釁。中國堅決反對某些國家綁架國際法律法規，爲自己謀取私利的做法。
