中国外交部发言人林剑18日主持例行记者会。有记者提问：日本方面18日表示，中国的辽宁号航母进入日本冲绳地区的毗连水域区。中方对此有何评论？
对此，中国外交部发言人林剑强调，中方的有关活动符合中国的国内法和国际法。军事专家傅前哨接受《环球时报》采访时表示，此次辽宁舰航母编队赴西太平洋海域进行远海训练，在与那国岛和西表岛之间航行，因为中间的国际水道比较窄，引起日本的关注并不意外，“但在国际水道航行符合国际法，也是解放军的正当权利”。
The aircraft carrier Liaoning of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has reportedly launched an exercise in the West Pacific, with the island of Taiwan and Japan sensationalizing the voyage which experts said is normal and legitimate.
PLA Navy vessels led by Liaoning sailed through the waters northeast of the island of Taiwan and continued toward the southeast of Yonaguni Island, Japan, the defense authority on the island of Taiwan said in a press release on Wednesday.
▲ A J-15 carrier-borne fighter jet takes off from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Liaoning during a maritime training exercise on July 1, 2017. The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning and its carrier strike group carried out realistic training in an undisclosed sea area on July 1, 2017. eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Li Tang
Japan's Ministry of Defense Joint Staff said in a press release on Wednesday that it spotted the aircraft carrier Liaoning, together with two Type 052D destroyers, sailing in waters near Diaoyu Dao on Tuesday, before sailing through waters between Yonaguni and Iriomote islands, entering the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday.
It is the first time a PLA Navy aircraft carrier has sailed in the region, according to the Japanese press release.
Reuters quoted Japan's defense ministry as saying that the Chinese carrier entered Japan's contiguous waters for the first time.
When asked about Liaoning's voyage into Okinawa's contiguous zone on Wednesday, Lin Jian, a spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, referred media to the relevant Chinese authority for more information , but stressed that the Chinese activities conformed to China's domestic law and the international law.
Fu Qianshao, a Chinese military expert, told the Global Times on Wednesday that the waters between Yonaguni and Iriomote islands, despite being narrow, remain a strait used for international navigation, and it is legitimate for the PLA Navy ships to sail through the strait.
The transit also showed that, in addition to the Miyako Strait, the PLA Navy has multiple passages in breaking the first island chain into the West Pacific, Fu said.
Source: Global Times
