(Tokyo/Beijing Comprehensive News) Li Shangfu, a Chinese State Councilor and Minister of Defense, and the Japanese Defense Changmaida Tuesday (May 16) for the first time through the two -country defense department's sea and air contact mechanism.The call hotline was officially opened.
According to the Kyodo News Agency, in the call, the two countries' defense ministers confirmed that the hotline will play an important role in avoiding unexpected situations and establishment of trust, and agreed to continue to maintain two -way communication between departments while proper use.
Hamada Yichi mentioned the concerns of security guarantee in the East China Sea situation and other days in the call, and said that "it is because of this that it is necessary to communicate frankly."
The official website of the Ministry of Defense of China issued a news of the two -state defense minister's call on Tuesday, saying that the two sides exchanged opinions on the defense relations between the two countries and the two countries.
The Ministry of National Defense of China said that the completion and opening of the phone directly is a practical measure to implement the important consensus of the leaders of the two countries. It will effectively enrich the communication channels of the defense departments of the two countries, strengthen the ability of the sea and air crisis of the two parties, and help further maintain the regionPeace and stability.
The direct thermal line of the sea and air contact mechanism of China and Japan's defense departments is to avoid the "sea and air contact mechanism" that occasionally conflicts such as occasional conflicts such as the Japanese Self -Defense Force and the Chinese army in the East China Sea and other places.The leaders of China and Japan reached an agreement on the policy of establishing a mechanism in 2007. However, the dispute over the Diaoyu Islands (Japanese islands in Japan) was put on hold for many years, and after 16 years, it was officially launched.
The China -Japan Defense Department's sea and air contact mechanism includes three major contents. In addition to the defense ministers directly pass the phone, the other two are the wireless electrical frequencies and languages and defense departments that unified ships and aircraft contact at the scene.Mechanisms.
In 2018, China and Japan officially launched the "Sea and Air Liaison Mechanism", which clarified the wireless electrical frequency and other contents of the shipping. At that time, the defense departments of the two countries also held the first annual meetings and special meetings of the sea and air contact mechanism.
Beijing Youth Newspaper News Account Zhengzhi New Media quoted Song Zhongping, a Chinese military commentator, analyzed that compared with the radio exchanges of the front line of the sea and air, the number of direct phone levels between the defense departments can be more direct and frank to understand the strategy of both sides.Tactical intention.In addition, from a technical point of view, the phone can be notified and exchanged on the two parties before encountering, in things, and afterwards, and it is also more flexible.
