(VOVworld) - A round table discussion on the East Sea issues opened in Moscow’s University of Humanities on Friday. Dozens of experts and scholars discussed East Sea issues and conflicts threatening world peace.

Satellite image of China's land reclamation on the East Sea

They expressed concern over China’s construction and reclamation of land and artificial islands in the East Sea. Russia holds that related parties not use force or threaten to use force and persist on diplomatic dialogues and political solutions to address remaining issues based on international law, especially the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.