Japan protested after Chinese warplanes flew "abnormally close" to Japanese military aircraft over the East China Sea on Wednesday.
"This type of vile approach by Japan disregards the facts, confuses right and wrong and is entirely the villain bringing suit against his victims," the ministry said in a statement on its website.
On Wednesday, two Japanese F-15 planes followed a Chinese Tu-154 aircraft and came as close as 30 metres, "seriously affecting China's flight safety", the ministry said. It also released video footage of the incident.
Japan's Self-Defence Force sent a YS-11EB aircraft and an OP-3C surveillance plane to conduct reconnaissance in the air defence identification zone established by China, the ministry said.
- "The operations of the Chinese pilots were professional, standard and restrained," the ministry said. "The actions undertaken by the Japanese pilots were dangerous and obviously provocative in their nature."
The newest flare up in a long-running territorial dispute between Asia's largest economies follows a similar incident on May 24, when Japan said Chinese aircraft had come within a few dozen metres of its warplanes.
Saiki told Cheng on Thursday that "extremely dangerous activities that could lead to an unexpected accident in the sea or airspace in the vicinity of Japan should not repeated", according to Japan's foreign ministry.
China lays claim to Japanese-administered islets in the East China Sea, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China. China declared its air defence zone covering most of the East China Sea last year despite protests by Japan and the United States.
Sino-Japanese ties have long been strained by allegations in China that Japan has not properly atoned for its wartime aggression and by the spat over the uninhabited islands. REUTERS
http://www.todayonline.com/world/china-denounces-japan-protest-over-military-jets-close-brush
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- Japan Summons China Ambassador Over Plane Incident
Tokyo's Defense Ministry says the Chinese jets came within 30 meters of the Japanese aircraft Wednesday in airspace claimed by both nations. It was the second such incident in less than three weeks.
- Japan's vice foreign minister, Akitaka Saiki, said Tokyo "denounced the incident strictly" and urged Beijing to take steps to ensure maritime tensions do not escalate.
"China should respond seriously to Japan's repeated request to put into practice the early use of some sort of communications mechanism which would prevent collisions between Japan and China and also to prevent unforeseen incidents," said Saiki.
- Following his meeting Thursday with Saiki, China's ambassador to Japan, Cheng Yonghua, said China disagrees with Japan on what led to the incident.
Another near high-speed fly-by occurred in the same area on May 24, when Japan said two Chinese jets flew close to Japanese planes.
Both countries regularly send planes and ships near disputed islands in the East China Sea, raising fears of an accidental clash.
Tensions escalated in late 2012, when Japan's government purchased some of the islands from their private Japanese landowner.
China later set up an Air Defense Identification Zone in the area, demanding that all aircraft identify themselves before entering.
The U.S. and Japan have ignored the orders and have continued to fly planes through the ADIZ.
http://www.voanews.com/content/japan-summons-china-ambassador-over-plane-incident/1935123.html
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Japon: l'ambassadeur chinois convoqué après un incident aérien...
ReplyDeleteL'ambassadeur de Chine a été convoqué jeudi par les autorités japonaises après que des avions de chasse chinois ont survolé de près des appareils militaires japonais dans un espace que les deux pays revendiquent comme leur zone aérienne d'identification.
Un chasseur chinois a volé à moins de 30 mètres d'un avion japonais et un avion de reconnaissance a également approché un autre appareil dans la même zone, a indiqué le ministre de la Défense mercredi.
Le vice-ministre des Affaires étrangères Akitaka Saiki a rencontré l'ambassadeur de Chine au Japon au sujet de l'incident, qui s'est produit entre 11h et midi mercredi. Selon le ministre de la Défense, les appareils chinois n'ont pas à s'immiscer dans l'espace aérien japonais.......http://www.rtbf.be/info/monde/detail_chasseurs-chinois-pres-d-avions-japonais-ambassadeur-chinois-convoque?id=8290162
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