TOKYO, Oct. 19 (Reuters) – A group of ten Chinese and Russian naval vessels sailed across the narrow stretch of Japan’s main island and Hokkado Island in the north of the country on Monday, Japan’s Minister of Justice reported on Tuesday. Defense, which had never before confirmed such crossings in Tsugaru Strait.
Separating the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean, Tsugaru Strait is open to navigation by foreign ships, including military buildings.
“No violation of territorial waters has been committed, and no international law has been ignored,” said a spokesman for the Japanese defense minister.
Russia and China have organized for four days, until Monday, joint maneuvers in the Sea of Japan as part of a naval cooperation, illustration of the military and diplomatic rapprochement between Moscow and Beijing in recent years against a backdrop of growing relations. tense with the West. (Report Kiyoshi Takenaka; French version Jean Terzian)
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