News Story: Japan, China agree to launch maritime, aerial crisis management mechanism

The Chinese defense ministry said on Thursday that China and Japan have agreed to launch a maritime and aerial crisis management mechanism at an early date.

Defense ministry spokesperson Yang Yujun told a monthly press briefing that a consensus had been reached on various aspects in talks in Tokyo this month, including reaffirming previous agreements on the goal, constitution, operation and the technical issues involved in the mechanism; agreeing to change the name from "maritime crisis management mechanism" to "maritime and aerial crisis management mechanism," so as to better conduct consultations on maritime and aerial issues.

"The two sides also agreed that conditions for launching the mechanism have been met and agreed to launch it as soon as possible," said Yang.

Both sides have also reached consensus on telecommunications norms, he said.

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