"We are ready to maintain communication with the ROK side under the condition of equality and mutual respect," Hong said at a regular press briefing.
When asked to comment on ROK's attempt to expand its air defense identification zone, Hong said the ROK's move should be in line with its national laws and international norms.
Hong said an ADIZ is not part of a country's territorial airspace and has nothing to do with the administrative rights over sea and airspace. It is established for identification and early warning.
- Official sources said the ROK is considering expanding its ADIZ to cover a number of submerged rocks within the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of China, which partially overlaps that of the ROK.
- China announced its ADIZ over the East China Sea on Nov. 23.
- The ROK's ADIZ was set up by the U.S. air force in 1951.
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Australia foreign minister downplays China air defense zone tension in visit...
ReplyDelete(Reuters) - Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop downplayed tensions over China's controversial air defense zone, which has also rankled the United States, Japan and South Korea, after meeting her Chinese counterpart on Saturday.
"Australia is concerned that there be peace and stability in our region and we don't want to see any escalation of the tensions," Bishop told reporters following four hours of talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
"We want to see a de-escalation of tensions. It is in our interests, and indeed in the interests of a number of countries in our region, that there be peace and stability in the East China Sea, the South China Sea, and the region more generally."
Bishop said discussion of the ADIZ only took up a "small proportion" of time in talks with Chinese leaders.
Most time was spent in talks on economic matters as opposed to political or cultural issues, though discussions also touched upon human rights, North Korea, Syria and Iran, she said.
But the strain between the two officials showed in Wang's terse comments on Friday.
"Australia's words and actions on the issue of China's air defense zone have damaged the mutual trust between the two sides," state news organization Xinhua reported Wang as saying.
Tensions with China escalated after Bishop described Beijing's move last month to impose a new airspace defense zone over disputed islands the East China Sea as "unhelpful" and summoned China's ambassador to explain.
China's Foreign Ministry rejected her remarks as "irresponsible" and "completely wrong".
Bishop has denied the spat would damage new Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's stated aim of concluding stalled talks over a free trade agreement with China within the year.
Australia relies on China and other Asian nations to buy the bulk of its exports, particularly minerals and farm goods.
But a strengthening of ties with both the United States and Japan - which Abbott recently described as Australia's best friend in Asia - has put Australia in a difficult position as the strategic rivalry between China and the United States grows.......http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/07/us-australia-china-idUSBRE9B603620131207?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
7/12/13
New Zealand calls for “constructive dialogue” on Chinese air defence zone...
ReplyDeleteNew Zealand’s conservative National Party government has sought to avoid taking sides in the tense standoff over Beijing’s air defence identification zone (ADIZ) in the East China Sea, which was announced on November 23. The zone includes the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands, which are in dispute between China and Japan.
The government’s muted response and the silence of the opposition parties—the Labour Party, Greens and Mana Party—reflects the deep dilemma facing the New Zealand ruling class as it seeks to balance between its chief trading partner, China, and longstanding strategic ally, the United States.
The Obama administration seized on the ADIZ to strengthen ties with its allies Japan and South Korea, as part of its “pivot” to Asia, aimed at encircling China and undermining Beijing’s influence throughout the region. During a visit to Tokyo on Wednesday, US Vice-President Joe Biden reaffirmed that the US would side with Japan in any conflict with China. Tokyo, Seoul and Washington have recklessly ratcheted up tensions with China by stating that they will ignore the ADIZ and by repeatedly flying military aircraft into the zone. In response, the Chinese government has boosted air patrols and scrambled fighter jets.
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key told Fairfax Media on November 28 that he would not take sides in the dispute. He said Wellington had “discussed the matter both with the Japanese and with the Chinese and we have given them both the same message,” calling for “constructive dialogue.”
Asked by the New Zealand Herald whether China’s ADIZ or the unnotified flights by Japan, the US and South Korea were responsible for escalating tensions, Foreign Minister Murray McCully refused to criticise any country. “We would simply say that anything that lifts the level of tension is unhelpful,” he stated.
The Key government’s cautious response stands in marked contrast to the Australian government, whose Foreign Minister Julie Bishop criticised the “sudden announcement” of the zone as a “coercive and unilateral” measure, provoking a sharp rebuke from China. The present Coalition government in Canberra, like the previous Labor government, has fully lined up with Washington’s “pivot.”.............http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/12/07/nzaz-d07.html
7/12/13
China urges Japan to stop criticizing ADIZ...
ReplyDeleteChina has urged Japan to stop criticizing its new Air Defense Identification Zone, and reiterated it is in China’s rights to establish such a zone. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei made the remarks after Japanese lawmakers passed a resolution Friday to demand Beijing withdraw the zone.
"It’s reasonable and legitimate for China to establish an Air Defense Identification Zone over the East China Sea. It is in accordance with international laws and conventions. Japan has no right to make groundless remarks about this issue. China is firmly opposed to that. What Japan should do is to stop its wrong behavior, stop badgering, and stop making provocations," he said.
Hong Lei explained the Air Defense Identification Zone is not territorial air space. It is an area set up by a country in the public air zone as a precaution, and has nothing to do with jurisdiction. He adds South Korea which is mulling expanding its own Air Defense Identification Zone needs to obey international laws and conventions. And China is willing to maintain communications with South Korea based on the principles of equality and mutual respect.
http://english.cntv.cn/program/newshour/20131207/102281.shtml
7/12/13
Pékin minimise la portée de la nouvelle zone aérienne sud-coréenne....
ReplyDeleteLa presse officielle chinoise a minimisé, lundi 9 décembre, les conséquences de l'extension de la zone de défense aérienne sud-coréenne, annoncée la veille par Séoul après que Pékin eut avivé les tensions régionales en instaurant des nouvelles règles de contrôle aérien.
Le nouvel espace sud-coréen mord sur la zone chinoise, couvrant désormais un îlot rocheux submergé revendiqué à la fois par Séoul, qui le nomme Ieodo, et par Pékin, qui l'appelle Suyan, en mer de Chine orientale. « La Chine ne va pas en faire toute une histoire, a assuré dans un éditorial le Global Times. La Chine respecte les intérêts coréens. »
« CE N'EST PAS LA CHINE QUI A ALTÉRÉ LE STATU QUO »
Le China Daily a de son côté fait également preuve de modération, après que la Corée du Sud a annoncé dimanche une extension de sa zone de défense aérienne qui entrera en vigueur dimanche prochain. « Pékin et Séoul savent que ni l'annonce de la Chine, ni l'extension décidée par la Corée du Sud ne sont des mesures agressives », a souligné le quotidien en citant un expert naval.
Depuis qu'elle a instauré unilatéralement le 23 novembre une « zone d'identification de la défense aérienne » sur une grande partie de la mer de Chine orientale, la Chine a répondu à la tempête diplomatique qu'elle avait déclenchée par des déclarations dures vis-à-vis du Japon. « Ce n'est pas la Chine qui a altéré le statu quo et aggravé les tensions dans la région. C'est au contraire le Japon », a ainsi affirmé la semaine dernière un porte-parole du ministère chinois des affaires étrangères.
Washington, Tokyo et Séoul ont tour à tour dépêché des appareils militaires dans la zone chinoise controversée, envoyant ainsi le message qu'ils refusaient de se plier aux nouvelles règles.
Tokyo a estimé lundi que l'extension par la Corée du Sud de sa zone aérienne de défense ne posait pas de problème au Japon, cette dernière ne chevauchant pas la sienne, contrairement à celle décrétée récemment par Pékin.
http://www.lemonde.fr/asie-pacifique/article/2013/12/09/pekin-minimise-la-portee-de-la-nouvelle-zone-aerienne-sud-coreenne_3527623_3216.html
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