Sentence examples for maritime territory from inspiring English sources

On 21 July 2008, in response to questions from Singapore Members of Parliament about Pedra Branca, the Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Balaji Sadasivan stated that the maritime territory around the island included a territorial sea of up to 12 nautical miles and an Exclusive Economic Zone.

The latest flights intensify the game of dare being played above Asia's contested maritime territory.

Three issues in particular need closer attention considering there is no clear agreement about which governments control the maritime territory.

"And when disputes arise over maritime territory, we are committed to resolving them peacefully based on customary international law".

In 1997, the UK accepted Rockall was a rock, with no impact on the UK's maritime territory.

He is also coming up with what one senior administration official called on Tuesday "new rules of the road" over disputed maritime territory.

Entitled "Calling for a peaceful and multilateral resolution to maritime territorial disputes in Southeast Asia", Resolution 217 itemized key flashpoints relating to disputed maritime territories of the South China Sea.

Our main concern now is how will the present Philippine government assert the country's rights over the West Philippine Sea and its plans on how to protect our fishermen and the country's maritime territories.

Until its scheduled release last month, Warner Brothers was uncertain whether censors at China's state administration of press, publication, radio, film and television would permit the release of Godzilla, given its heavy association with Japan and the tension between Beijing and Tokyo over maritime territories.

China has made it clear that "sovereignty" refers to not only People's Republic of China's (PRC) sovereignty over mainland China but also Taiwan and disputed maritime territories in the South and East China Seas.

Multiple Southeast Asian nations lay claim to maritime territories in the region.