Japan and the US ask ICAO to comment on China's AIDZ

The content of this letter was announced by Japan at the meeting of the ICAO Board of Directors on March 10 in Canada.

The governments of Japan and the United States have sent a joint letter to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) asking for its opinion on the Air Defense Identification Zone (AIDZ) unilaterally declared by China over the East China Sea in November 2013.

Japanese surveillance aircraft on a mission near the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands (Photo: AP)

In this letter, Japan and the United States asked the International Civil Aviation Organization to consider "whether China's request that aircraft flying outside its airspace management area must follow China's instructions on the grounds of establishing an Air Defense Identification Zone violates the regulations of the International Civil Aviation Organization."

The content of this letter was announced by Japan at the meeting of the Board of Directors of the International Civil Aviation Organization on March 10 in Canada and was discussed by other countries.

Since this was a closed meeting, the detailed content of the discussion is unclear. However, while European and American countries expressed their approval of the letter's content, China voiced strong opposition./.

According to VOV