Japanese fishing boat encounters Chinese coast guard ship in East China Sea

In a notice posted on the website of the China Coast Guard (China) on July 13, the agency said it had chased away a Japanese fishing boat in the waters around the Diaoyu Islands (currently controlled by Tokyo). and called Senkaku but also claimed by Beijing) in the East China Sea.

Specifically, Chinese Coast Guard spokesman Gan Yu said that on July 13, a Japanese fishing boat named Zuiho Maru entered the “territorial waters” around the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands, and the country’s coast had “applied the necessary control measures” to warn the ship to leave.

“We urge the Japanese side to immediately stop all illegal activities in these waters and ensure that similar incidents do not happen again,” Cam stressed.

Japan has not commented on this information.

The incident took place as Chairman of the Office of the Central Committee for Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China Wang Yi and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi attended the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers Meeting. ) for the 56th time in Indonesia.

On July 14, two senior diplomats held a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Conference. In it, the two sides agreed to closely communicate at all levels, reiterating each side’s stance on bilateral issues as well as sharing the importance of cooperation in areas such as economy and people-to-people exchanges. , according to the news agency Kyodo News.

At the meeting, Foreign Minister Hayashi also expressed deep concern about issues such as the situation in the East China Sea, including the waters around the Senkaku Islands (which China calls the Diaoyu) and military activities. of China near Japan.

Meanwhile, Wang called on the Tokyo side to “form an objective and reasonable perception of China, draw lessons from history by taking practical actions, and adhere to the path of peaceful development”.

Japan alarmed that China sent 4 coast guard ships into the waters near Senkaku

(PLO)- Japan warned that four ships belonging to the Chinese coast guard entered the waters near the disputed islands between the two countries in the East China Sea and stayed there for several hours.

VINH KHANG