China on Monday urged Japan to stop interfering with the joint Sino-Russian maritime patrol and end its irresponsible words and actions that hinder the healthy development of Sino-Japanese relations and undermine regional peace and stability.
The statements were made at the regular press briefing by Wu Qian, spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of National Defense.
Chinese and Russian naval vessels recently conducted the third joint maritime patrol in the western and northern waters of the Pacific Ocean. While it is reported that the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces have sent ships and planes to follow the Chinese and Russian navy ships from the Soy Strait to the Sea of Okhotsk, the Chairman of the US House of Representatives Armed Services Committee, Mike Rogers, said in a statement that the Sino-Russian maritime patrol near Alaska to the US He claimed it was "for intimidation purposes".
OFFICIAL WARNING FROM CHINA TO JAPAN!
In response, Wu Qian, spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of National Defense, said that the patrol, planned in line with the annual cooperation between the Chinese and Russian armed forces, does not target third parties and has nothing to do with the current international and regional situation.
Wu said that the Chinese and Russian ships sailed on the high seas in strict accordance with international law during the patrol, and warned that the close follow-up and surveillance of the Japanese side are extremely dangerous and can easily lead to miscalculations and accidents.
On August 1, the Ministry of Defense of Japan published a report entitled "Defense of Japan 2023", which deals with the 5-year defense goals and program.
The report, which predicts that China will have 1500 nuclear warheads by 2035, stated that the country "is facing the most severe and complex security environment since the end of the Second World War", while North Korea and Russia, especially China's, It was evaluated that the "significantly" strengthened military capacity in the region and the "rapidly intensifying" military activities "threatened" Japan's security.