Beijing is still willing to show the "greatest sincerity" to resolve the island impasse through diplomacy with Manila, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Tuesday.

Huangyan Island has been its undisputable territory since ancient times and the waters around the island have been a traditional Chinese fishery, Deng Zhonghua, director of the department of boundary and ocean affairs with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in a Tuesday interview with Phoenix TV.

"Our fishermen and fishing boats' safety must be ensured and our fishermen's dignity should not be offended and their regular fishery operations should not be interrupted or blocked," Deng said.

China and the Philippines are close neighbors with seawater in between, and have enjoyed friendly contact for more than 1,000 years, Deng added.

"We have 1,000 reasons to ensure and develop the bilateral traditional friendship and we are not expected to have any excuse to breach the relation," he said.

China and the Philippines are expected to cooperate and achieve a win-win situation. "Despite the fact that the Philippine side humiliated barehanded Chinese fishermen with armed forces, we remained restrained to deal with the situation," said Deng.

On April 10, a Philippine warship entered the island's territorial waters, dispatched personnel to harass Chinese fishing boats and attempted to detain the Chinese fishermen.

China said the move infringed China's sovereignty. Two Chinese patrol ships in the area later came to the fishermen's rescue and the warship left.

But the impasse continued as Philippine vessels were reported to be still in China's territorial waters on Tuesday.

Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Fu Ying summoned Alex Chua, the charge d'affaires of the Philippine Embassy in Beijing on Monday. The Monday summons was the third following previous ones on April 15 and 18.

【新聞快訊】中國(guó)外交部邊海司司長(zhǎng)鄧中華5月8日接受鳳凰衛(wèi)視采訪時(shí)說(shuō)，中國(guó)依然有極大誠(chéng)意與菲律賓一道通過(guò)外交途徑解決黃巖島爭(zhēng)端。鄧中華表示，黃巖島是中國(guó)固有領(lǐng)土，其周邊海域是中國(guó)南海漁民的傳統(tǒng)漁場(chǎng)。中國(guó)漁民和漁船的安全、尊嚴(yán)不應(yīng)遭到侵犯，正常的捕撈作業(yè)不應(yīng)被阻撓和禁止。

鄧中華稱，中菲是以海相隔的近鄰，兩國(guó)間有一千多年友好交往的歷史。應(yīng)該說(shuō)兩國(guó)間有一千條理由去維護(hù)和發(fā)展，中菲的友好傳統(tǒng)，中菲兩國(guó)應(yīng)該合作創(chuàng)造共贏。也正是基于這樣的考慮，中國(guó)一直希望與菲方通過(guò)和平對(duì)話的途徑來(lái)解決黃巖島爭(zhēng)端。本周一，中國(guó)外交部副部長(zhǎng)傅瑩就黃巖島問(wèn)題召見菲律賓駐華大使，這是繼4月15日與18日后的第三次召見。

【黃巖島爭(zhēng)端始末】

4月10日，一艘菲律賓軍艦闖入中國(guó)黃巖島海域，驅(qū)逐中國(guó)漁船并試圖扣押中國(guó)漁民。隨后，中國(guó)兩艘海監(jiān)船駛抵黃巖島解救漁民。2012年4月12日，菲律賓不顧中方嚴(yán)正交涉與警告，再向黃巖島海域派遣一艘海岸警衛(wèi)隊(duì)船只。

4月18日，中國(guó)最先進(jìn)的漁政船——中國(guó)漁政310船從廣州出發(fā)，開赴南海海域，開展常態(tài)化的漁政巡航執(zhí)法管理。該船于19日進(jìn)入中沙群島海域，20日中午到達(dá)黃巖島海域。

目前菲律賓搜救船“BRP-埃德薩”號(hào)和中國(guó)的一艘海監(jiān)船在黃巖島周邊海域仍處于一對(duì)一的對(duì)峙狀態(tài)。 菲總統(tǒng)阿基諾聲稱，菲律賓會(huì)繼續(xù)在黃巖島部署船只，因?yàn)?ldquo;相信那是菲律賓水域”，而中方一直強(qiáng)調(diào)，黃巖島是中國(guó)的固有領(lǐng)土，中國(guó)維護(hù)領(lǐng)土主權(quán)的立場(chǎng)是堅(jiān)定明確的。

《黃巖島事件持續(xù)：中國(guó)有誠(chéng)意通過(guò)外交手段解決爭(zhēng)端》永久閱讀地址: http://www.jiazhineng.cn/yingyu/308/