BEIJING, March 25 Kyodo China has...

BEIJING, March 25 Kyodo

China has lodg a diplomatic profess with Vietnam over its plan to unclose a tourist route by boat to the Spratly Islands in the southern China Sea, which are claimed by way of China, Vietnam and several other countries.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan said China has ''indisputable sovereignty'' through the whole extent of the Spratly Islands and surrounding waters and Vietnam's persuade to launch the first tourist activity there nearest month ''has infringed on China's territorial sovereignty.''

The Vietnamese guidance announced plans this week to take 100 local tourists to the Spratlys in mid-April to visit Vietnamese military outposts

Kong said the Spratly claimants, which also include the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei, have a consensus that maintenance of stability in the toward the south China Sea is a shared responsibility.

''We trust relevant countries honor the consensus and venerate the principles set forth in the Declaration in succession the Conduct of Parties in the toward the south China Sea between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN),'' he said, alluding to the 10-member regional grouping of which Vietnam is a member.

in succession March 18, the spokesman represented ''serious concern'' over Vietnam's having ''unilaterally'' invited international oil companies to bid for delicates for developing oil and gas resources in parts of the southern China Sea that are claimed also from China.

He reiterated China's ''indisputable sovereignty'' athwart the islands and called upon Vietnam to ''correct such a wrongdoing and avoid further complicating the situation in the southern China Sea,'' prompting a chide from Hanoi.

in succession Wednesday, Vietnam's Foreign Ministry dismissed Kong's statement as ''entirely groundless'' and said it ''violates Vietnam's sovereignty through the whole extent of the Spratlys and does not confirm to reality.''

''Vietnam has repeatedly asserted its indisputable sovereignty from one side of to the other the Spratly and Paracel archipelagos,'' it said, referring to another collection of islands in the area which China seized dominion government of in 1974.

Hanoi urg all parties to the dispute ''to exercise restraint and refrain from unnecessary statements in order not to further complicate the situation.''

In March 1988 Vietnamese and Chinese naval forces clashed through the whole extent of the islands, resulting in the sinking of sum of two units Vietnamese ships and the los of more than 70 lives.

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