China tells Indonesia it urged Vietnam to calm down, respect its sovereignty

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi is seen in this file photo taken at Miraflores Palace in Caracas April 21, 2014. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign minister told his Indonesian counterpart that China had urged Vietnam to "calm down" and respect China's sovereignty amid protests in Vietnam over Chinese oil drilling in a disputed part of the South China Sea. Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the comments to Indonesia's Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa in a telephone call, the ministry said in a statement posted to its website on Wednesday. (Reporting by Michael Martina; Editing by SImon Cameron-Moore)