US Council: concerned about the cancellation of M503 route offset opposition to change

(Taipei Comprehensive News) The U.S. State Department expressed concerns about the flight bias of the cancellation of the M503 north -west route of Mainland China, and said that civil air and safety matters in the Taiwan Strait should be resolved through dialogue between the two parties.

According to the Taiwan United Daily report, the U.S. State Department spokesman said on Thursday (February 1) to report to the report that the United States concerns Beijing to modify the route without negotiating with Taiwan, and believes that the civil aviation and the Taiwan Strait and the civil aviation and the Taiwan Strait and the Civil Aviation and the Taiwan Strait and the Civil Aviation and the Taiwan Strait and the Civil Aviation and the Taiwan Strait and the Civil Aviation and the Taiwan Strait and the Civil Aviation of the Taiwan StraitSecurity issues should be resolved by the dialogue between the two parties.

A spokesman also said that the United States opposes the status quo by any side of the two sides of the strait, urging Beijing to stop the pressure on military, diplomacy and economy to Taiwan, and have a meaningful dialogue with Taiwan.

Chen Jianren, the Chief of Taiwan ’s Chief Executive, expressed his gratitude to the US State Department on Friday (February 2), and said that the Taiwan government is comprehensively evaluating the impact of the incident and its subsequent processing measures. At the same timeSafety.

The Civil Aviation Administration of Mainland China announced on January 30 that the flight bias measures from M503 from north to south will be canceled from February 1st. In the future, M503 routes of W122 and W123 connecting routes will be operated from west to east to improve the operation of the airspace operation to improve the operation of the airspace operation to enhance the operation of the operationefficiency.This means that in the future, Fuzhou and Xiamen flights in Fujian will no longer bypass the northern routes, flying directly from west to east to Taiwan.

Since the M503 route is only 4.2 nautical miles (about 7.8 kilometers) from the Taiwan Strait midline, both the Taiwan government and the academic community are worried. This change may significantly reduce the time of Taiwan ’s air defense warning.