China has accused Japan of creating tension and asked the country to show restraint and solve all problems with Beijing through talks.
New Delhi, Jan 19/Nationalturk: Accusing Tokyo of creating tensions over disputed Diaoyu islands between the two countries, China has asked Japan to show restraint and solve all problems with Beijing through talks.
“We hope the Japanese side can exercise sincerity and work for shared goals with China. We hope Japan would find ways to properly solve and manage problems through consultations with its neighbouring country,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei was quoted as saying by China Daily, Chinese newspaper.
He accused Tokyo of creating tensions by highlighting military implications even as two sides have maintained contact on the issue.
“Japan has behaved badly on the islands issue and organized its fighter jets to interrupt Chinese planes’ normal flights,” Hong said.
He further accused Japan of sending its fighters to chase Chinese civilian aircraft.
“Such moves, which highlight military implications and create tensions, go against the trend that all the nations in the region should peacefully solve conflicts through talks,” Hong said.
PLA had asked its troops to remain in combat readiness
Earlier, China’s Peoples’ Liberation Army (PLA) had asked its troops to remain in combat readiness and be prepared for war.
“PLA aims to beef up its troops’ combat readiness and prepare for actual war situations through exercises this year,” reads People’s Liberation Army’s latest annual training directive (blueprint).
It said in 2013, the goal set for the entire army and the People’s Armed Police force is to bolster their capabilities to fight and their ability to win a war … to be well-prepared for a war by subjecting the army to hard and rigorous training on an actual combat basis.
It is pertinent to mention here that Japan may station F-15 fighter jets near the disputed Senkaku (Diaoyu) Islands.
According to Japan’s newspaper, Japan Times, country’s Defense Ministry is considering stationing F-15 fighter jets at a remote airport halfway from Naha to Taiwan to speed up its response to airspace incursions by China near the disputed Senkaku (Diaoyu) Islands.
“The planes would be stationed on Shimojijima Island, which is much closer to the Japan-administered Senkakus, which China claims as the Diaoyu, than to Okinawa’s prefectural capital Naha, where the Japanese F-15s are based,” sources had said.
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