PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia will send a protest note to China over the latter's claim on the South China Sea outlined in the "China Standard Map Edition 2023", says Datuk Seri Zambry Abdul Kadir.
The Foreign Minister said that after issuing a statement to voice out Malaysia's stand on the matter, the next course of action would be to send the protest note.
"That is the practice," he said when met on the sidelines of the National Day celebration here on Thursday (Aug 31).
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Zambry did not, however, indicate a time frame for the protest note to be handed over to China.
On Wednesday (Aug 30), the Foreign Ministry said Malaysia did not recognise China's claims, pointing out that the map had no binding authority over Malaysia.
The map, among other things, displays China's unilateral claims that encroach upon Malaysia's maritime areas in Sabah and Sarawak, based on the 1979 Malaysia New Map.
