By Reuters |Seoul |Published: January 23, 2019 3:59:01 pm
South Korea condemns Japanese patrol flight over ship as ‘provocation’
The aircraft made its flight just over the South Korean navy vessel in waters off the southwest coast of the Korean peninsula, even after the aircraft determined the ship's identity, the South Korean military said.
A Japanese patrol aircraft made an “intimidating” pass over a South Korean warship on Wednesday, in what South Korea’s military said was a “clear provocation” towards a friendly neighbour.
The aircraft made its flight just over the South Korean navy vessel in waters off the southwest coast of the Korean peninsula, even after the aircraft determined the ship’s identity, the South Korean military said.
“Today’s low-altitude flight was a clear provocation against a ship of a friendly country, and we cannot help but doubt Japan’s intentions and strongly condemn it,” General Suh Wook, of South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a news briefing.
South Korea’s defence ministry said it called in a defence official from Japan’s embassy to lodge a protest.
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“If this behaviour is repeated again, we will sternly respond according to our military’s rules of conduct,” Suh said.
Japanese government and defence force spokesmen were not immediately available for comment.
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