The two countries plan to express their disapproval of the ADIZ during the late stage of the International Civilian Aviation Organization's council meetings around mid-March to discuss civil aviation safety measures, the sources said.
They hope the move will block China's attempt to make its ADIZ, which covers a large area of the East China Sea, an established fact. The zone includes part of the airspace over the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands, which China claims and calls Diaoyu.
Tokyo and Washington will assess support for their position among ICAO council members, but officials are not certain at this point that discussion of the ADIZ will appear in the meeting's official agenda.
To avoid accusations of fomenting conflict, the countries will not refer to China by name in their appeals.
In negotiations preceding the decision to raise the issue, Washington and Tokyo agreed to express their view that China's demand for the flight plans of civilian aircraft to be declared prior to entering the ADIZ violates the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea. They will also emphasize the importance of protecting freedom of navigation in international waters and airspace, the sources said.
The United States and Japan hope to "encircle" China with the cooperation of Britain, Australia, and the ASEAN member countries, they said.
If the United States and Japan can broaden agreement on the issue among council members, it will place significant pressure on China to rescind the zone, one of the sources said.
However, some countries on the ICAO council believe that the gathering of civilian aviation specialists is not an appropriate venue for raising political issues, Japanese diplomatic sources said.
Japan also raised the issue of China's ADIZ at an ICAO council meeting last November.
==Kyodo
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Japan-US anti-ballistic missile drill to continue until Feb.28...
ReplyDeleteJapan and the US are continuing their latest joint anti-ballistic missile drill at the Yokosuka naval base in Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture.
The drill began on Tuesday, and is set to wrap up on February 28th. Two battleships from Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force, the Kirishima and Kongo, have joined in the drills. They are both equipped with the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense. They will be used along with the US’s latest SBX radar system.
The head of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and the head of the US’s Seventh Naval fleet are acting as the drill’s co-commanding officers. Japanese media is reporting that the drill is aimed at improving missile cooperation and capabilities between Japanese and US forces. This is the fourth anti-ballistic drill held by the two countries since 2011.
http://english.cntv.cn/program/asiatoday/20140227/100304.shtml
27/2/14