Japan’s Abe Angers China With Criticism of Air Zone at Summit
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sparked an angry response from China by calling its establishment of an air defense identification zone unjust at a regional summit, and urging its revocation.
China’s move last month “unjustly infringes on freedom of flight over the high seas,” Abe said at a press conference yesterday following a Tokyo summit with the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Japan is urging China to revoke all measures that infringe on this principle, he said. Abe made similar comments in bilateral meetings with leaders from the countries represented at the summit, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroshige Seko told reporters.