TOKYO —
Japan on Saturday lodged a strong protest with China after Beijing
announced it was setting up an “air defense identification zone” over
the East China Sea that includes disputed islands, the foreign ministry
said.Junichi Ihara, who heads the Japanese foreign ministry’s Asian and Oceanian affairs bureau, made the protest by phone to Han Zhiqiang, minister at the Chinese Embassy in Japan, the ministry said in a statement.
He said Japan could “never accept the zone set up by China” as it includes the Tokyo-controlled Senkaku islands, the statement said.
China also claims the islands, calling them Diaoyu.
Ihara also told the Chinese side that such move by Beijing would “escalate” current bilateral tensions over the islands, branding it “very dangerous”.
- Japan’s vice foreign minister Akitaka Saiki plans to summon Chinese ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua as early as possible on Monday and state Japan’s position on the matter, Kyodo News reported.
Aircraft are expected to provide their flight plan, clearly mark their nationality, and maintain two-way radio communication allowing them to “respond in a timely and accurate manner to the identification inquiries” from Chinese authorities.
© 2013 AFP
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Zone de défense aérienne chinoise: Washington très inquiet ....
ReplyDeleteAFP - Les Etats-Unis sont "profondément inquiets" à la suite de l'établissement par la Chine d'une "zone d'identification de la défense aérienne", dont le tracé inclut des îles sous contrôle japonais, a indiqué samedi le secrétaire d'Etat américain John Kerry.
La nouvelle zone inclut en mer de Chine orientale l'archipel des Senkaku, sous contrôle japonais mais revendiqués par Pékin.
"Cette décision unilatérale (de la Chine) constitue une tentative pour changer le statu quo dans la mer de Chine orientale. Une escalade ne va qu'accroître les tensions dans la région et créer le risque d'un incident", a mis en garde dans un communiqué M. Kerry, actuellement à Genève pour les négociations sur le programme nucléaire iranien.
http://www.france24.com/fr/20131124-zone-defense-aerienne-chinoise-washington-tres-inquiet
24/11/13