AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WARN CHINA OF MISCALCULATION
Posted on June 11, 2015 by admin
Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop has warned China on Thursday not to declare an air defence zone (ADIZ) in the West Philippine Sea.
Any one-sided action in the region could “could raise tensions, could risk miscalculation or misjudgment and could ultimately end in some form of conflict” said Bishop while speaking to the Lowy Institute in Sydney. As quoted by The Australian.
Bishop also expressed hope that China and the US would avoid conflict.
“I believe that the United States and China have a very good understanding of how catastrophic it would be for there to be a conflict that engaged those two powerful nations,” she said.
Meanwhile, after Bishop’s comment, Australian ships and aircraft were dispatched in the South China Sea as part of “normal activities”, says a senior military officer.
Chinese state media have been carrying columns in recent weeks threatening Australian aircraft visiting the region.
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