He said that the Diaoyu Islands are China’s inherent territory, and its air space belongs to China. The diplomat said Japan doesn’t have the right to intervene and China’s move conforms to international laws and practices.
Han Zhiqiang said the purpose of the move is to protect national sovereignty and safety of China’s land and air. He said the move does not target any country.
On Saturday, China announced it was setting up the zone. The statement says China will take timely measures to deal with threats and unidentified aircraft.
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Japan's PM demands China revoke claim to air zone over disputed islands...
ReplyDeleteChina, Japan and US exchange increasingly testy accusations, as airlines say they will have to notify China of flight plans.
China's new maritime air defence zone is unenforceable, Japan's prime minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday, in a continuing war of words over air space that includes the area above islands claimed by both countries.
Asian aviation officials said airlines would have to inform China of their flight plans before entering its newly declared "air defence identification zone", forcing carriers to acknowledge China's authority over it.
Abe told a parliamentary session that China's declaration of the zone above the islands (known as the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China) altered the state of affairs in the East China Sea and escalated a tense situation.
"The measures by the Chinese side have no validity whatsoever on Japan, and we demand China revoke any measures that could infringe upon the freedom of flight in international airspace," Abe said during an upper house session. "It can invite an unexpected occurrence and it is a very dangerous thing as well."
Abe said the measures one-sidedly imposed rules set by the Chinese military on all flights in the zone, and violate the freedom to fly above open sea, a general principle under the international law..............http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/25/japan-shinzo-abe-china-air-zone-disputed-islands
25/11/13
Asian airlines to give flight plans to China after airspace zone created....
ReplyDelete(Reuters) - Asian aviation officials said airlines would have to inform China of flight plans before entering airspace over waters disputed with Japan, forcing carriers to acknowledge China's authority over a newly declared "Air Defense Identification Zone".
China published coordinates for the zone on the weekend. The area, about two-thirds the size of the United Kingdom, covers most of the East China Sea and the skies over a group of uninhabited islands at the centre of a bitter row between Beijing and Tokyo.
Japan and its close ally, the United States, sharply criticized the move, which experts said was aimed at chipping away at Tokyo's claim to administrative control over the area including the tiny uninhabited islands known as the Senkaku in Japan and the Diaoyu in China.
While China said the new rules would not affect "normal operations" for international flights, it added that it would take "defensive emergency measures" against aircraft that failed to identify themselves properly.
China's latest move could help spread the view that Japan was losing administrative control of the area, said Hiroko Maeda, research fellow at Japanese think-tank the PHP Institute.
"China has already been sending its ships (there). It is clear China is trying to undermine Japan's administrative control. Now they are stepping up their effort in the sky as well," Maeda said.
Japan protested the weekend move, warning of an escalation into the "unexpected" if Beijing enforced the rules. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged China to exercise restraint.
While Washington does not take a position on the sovereignty of the islands, it recognizes that Japan has administrative control over them and is therefore bound by treaty to defend Japan in the event of an armed conflict.
In a continuing war of words, China's Defense Ministry said on Monday it had lodged protests with the U.S. and Japanese embassies in Beijing over the criticism from Washington and Tokyo of the zone.
FLIGHT PLANS
A transport ministry official in Seoul said South Korean planes flying in the new zone would notify China's civil aviation authorities of their flight plans.
Yi Shin-Juang, deputy director of the air-traffic service division of the Taiwan Civil Aeronautics Administration, said Taiwanese carriers would issue similar notifications, but would not be required to adjust flight paths.
An official at the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau said Japanese airlines flying through the region to non-mainland Chinese destinations would likely need to inform China of their plans. "Airlines have been advised to take greater care in the area," said another bureau official.
Korean Air said China's proclamation meant flight plans would have to be delivered to Chinese authorities but the routes its pilots took would not be affected..........http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/25/us-china-japan-idUSBRE9AO01C20131125?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
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Inselstreit: Japan verspricht entschlossene Antwort auf Chinas Luftverteidigungszone...
ReplyDeleteNachdem China im Insel-Streit mit Japan eine „Luftverteidigungszone“ über der umstrittenen Region eingerichtet hat, verspricht die Regierung in Tokio eine entschlossene Antwort.
Japan lasse die Versuche, den Stand der Dinge mit Gewalt zu verändern, nicht ohne Antwort und werde seine „Hoheitsgewässer und den Luftraum mit Entschlossenheit verteidigen“, sagte der japanische Ministerpräsident Shinzo Abe nach Angaben der Nachrichtenagentur Kyodo. Auch Verteidigungsminister Itsunori Onodera kritisierte Chinas Entscheidung als gefährlich und warnte vor „unkalkulierbaren Situationen“. „Japan wird entsprechend dem Völkerrecht und dem Gesetz über Selbstverteidigung harte Maßnahmen gegen jede Verletzung seines Luftraums ergreifen.“
China hatte am Samstag über den umstrittenen Senkaku-Inseln (chinesisch: Diaoyu) im Ostchinesischen Meer eine „Luftverteidigungszone“ ausgerufen. Das Verteidigungsministerium in Peking veröffentlichte unter Androhung militärischer Maßnahmen Anweisungen, die Flugzeuge in dieser Zone beachten sollen. Unter anderem sollen genaue Flugpläne und eindeutige Identifizierungsangaben vorgelegt werden......http://de.ria.ru/politics/20131125/267347717.html
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