CHINA menyeru diplomat G7 selepas kumpulan2 melahirkan 'kebimbangan' ke atas keadaan di Laut China SELATAN . . .

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JamaliahYusofYacob - China telah memanggil wakil-wakil dari Kumpulan 7 (G7) negara untuk menyatakan kemarahan selepas negara berkata mereka "bimbang" mengenai keadaan di Timur dan Laut China Selatan.

"China memanggil utusan diplomatik negara-negara berkenaan," Lu Kang, jurucakap Kementerian Luar China, berkata semasa taklimat media.

Ia datang selepas negara-negara G7 - Amerika Syarikat, Kanada, UK, Perancis, Jerman, Itali, dan Jepun - mengumumkan dalam satu kenyataan bersama: "Kami mengambil berat tentang keadaan di Laut China Timur dan Selatan, dan menekankan kepentingan asasi pengurusan aman dan penyelesaian pertikaian."

China summons G7 diplomats after group expressed 'concern' over situation in South China Sea . . .

China has summoned representatives from the Group of Seven (G7) nations to express anger after the countries said they were “concerned” about the situation in the East and South China Seas.

"China summoned the diplomatic envoys of relevant countries," Lu Kang, a spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry, said during a press briefing.

It comes after the G7 countries – the US, Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan – announced in a joint statement: “We are concerned about the situation in the East and South China Seas, and emphasize the fundamental importance of peaceful management and settlement of disputes."

Read more: Philippines, US launch large-scale naval drills ‘without China in mind’ (Baca lebih lanjut: Filipina, US melancarkan latihan tentera laut secara besar-besaran 'tanpa fikir dalam China')

Kenyataan itu dibuat semasa mesyuarat 2 hari di Hiroshima, Jepun.

Negara-negara G7 juga menggesa "semua negeri-negeri untuk menahan diri dari tindakan seperti tebusan semula tanah" dan "membina pos-pos . . . untuk tujuan ketenteraan." Beijing telah membina pulau buatan di Laut China Selatan, ada yang dilengkapi dengan landasan 3000 meter panjang. Ia juga telah menggerakkan peralatan ketenteraan ke kawasan ini.

Walaupun komen yang tidak secara khusus menamakan China, Beijing meletakkan tuntutan kepada hampir seluruh Laut China Selatan - dipercayai kaya dengan minyak dan gas - walaupun bercanggah tuntutan daripada Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan, dan Filipina. Jepun juga mempunyai pertikaian dengan Beijing alih pemilikan pulau-pulau Senkaku di Laut China Timur.

Selain penyata, Lu berkata, "seorang pegawai kanan salah satu daripada negara-negara G7 menyebut bahawa China perlu mendengar suara [yang] G7." Komen Itu dipercayai bertujuan Jepun.

Kesimpulannya, Lu berkata Beijing percaya G7 tidak harus membuat kenyataan itu, sambil menambah bahawa negara2 "hanya cuba untuk menghiburkan diri mereka dengan mengeluarkan kenyataan seperti itu."

Pemanggilan oleh orang Cina datang sebagai sumber tentera mengumumkan bahawa pegawai-pegawai pertahanan dari Filipina dan Vietnam akan bertemu minggu ini untuk meneroka latihan bersama mungkin dan rondaan tentera laut di Laut China Selatan. Kedua-dua negara bersetuju dengan perkongsian strategik pada bulan November untuk meningkatkan hubungan keselamatan, China terus berkembang kehadirannya di perairan yang dipertikaikan.

Pada hari Selasa, Fox News melaporkan bahawa China telah mengerahkan jet pejuang baru di Pulau Woody Laut China Selatan, memetik imej satelit dari awal bulan ini. Pulau, sebahagian daripada Kepulauan Paracel, sebahagian besarnya dikawal oleh China, walaupun Taiwan dan Vietnam juga telah meletakkan tuntutan ke atasnya.

Awal bulan ini, Amerika Syarikat dan tentera bersekutu berkumpul di Filipina untuk latihan ketenteraan bersama sebagai tanda kekerasan terhadap China. Lebih 5,000 tentera mengambil bahagian dalam latihan tahunan, yang akan berlangsung hingga April 16. Tentera Amerika Syarikat telah menghantar kapal perang Amerika Syarikat untuk mengadakan latihan di rantau ini sebanyak 2 kali sejak musim luruh lalu, kritikan tajam dari Beijing.

The comment was made during a two-day meeting in Hiroshima, Japan.

The G7 nations also urged “all states to refrain from such actions as land reclamations” and “building of outposts...for military purposes.” Beijing has built up artificial islands in the South China Sea, some of which are equipped with runways 3,000 meters long. It has also deployed military equipment to the area.

Although the comments did not specifically name China, Beijing lays claim to almost all of the South China Sea – believed to be rich in oil and gas – despite conflicting claims from Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan, and the Philippines. Japan also has a dispute with Beijing over ownership of the Senkaku islands in the East China Sea.

In addition to the statements, Lu said “a senior official of one of the G7 countries mentioned that China needs to heed the voice of [the] G7.” That comment is believed to be aimed at Japan.

In conclusion, Lu said Beijing believes the G7 shouldn't make such remarks, adding that the countries are “just trying to amuse themselves by issuing such statements.”

The summoning by the Chinese comes as military sources announced that defense officials from the Philippines and Vietnam will meet this week to explore possible joint exercises and naval patrols in the South China Sea. The two nations agreed on a strategic partnership in November to boost security relations, as China continues to expand its presence in the disputed waterway.

On Tuesday, Fox News reported that China had deployed new fighter jets in the South China Sea's Woody Island, citing satellite imagery from earlier this month. The island, part of the Paracel Islands, is largely controlled by China, although Taiwan and Vietnam have also laid claims on it.

Earlier this month, the US and allied forces gathered in the Philippines for joint military exercises as a show of force against China. More than 5,000 troops are taking part in the annual drills, which will run through April 16. The US military has sent US warships to conduct exercises in the region twice since last autumn, drawing sharp criticism from Beijing.

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'SERANGAN agresif simulasi': Pentagon mengutuk pesawat Rusia zoom atas USS Donald Cook (VIDEO) . . .

A Sukhoi Su-24 jet makes a low altitude pass by the USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) April 12, 2016 (Jet Sukhoi Su-24 menjadikan laluan ketinggian yang rendah oleh USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) April 12, 2016) © US Navy/Reuters

JamaliahYusofYacob - Aerobatik kemahiran juruterbang Rusia ke atas pemusnah Donald Cook Amerika Syarikat di Laut Baltic meninggalkan Pentagon dan pegawai Amerika Syarikat lain bertempiaran lari atas di Washington "interaksi rapat agresif" dengan jet pejuang Rusia.

Melepaskan rakaman flybys jet Rusia di persekitaran pemusnah, Tentera Laut Amerika Syarikat berkata bahawa kapal itu telah menghadapi pelbagai "manuver penerbangan agresif . . . terletak berdekatan dengan kapal itu," beberapa sehampir 30 kaki (10 meter) pada isnin dan selasa.

Set kejadian berlaku ketika kapal Amerika Syarikat, yang telah belayar dari pelabuhan Poland Gdynia, telah menjalankan latihan dengan sekutu NATO Poland di Laut Baltik. Tentera Laut mengumumkan bahawa SU-24 pertama terbang ke atas Donald Cook pada hari Isnin sebagai kelasi Amerika Syarikat membacakan "latihan pendaratan dek dengan bersekutu helikopter tentera"[Poland]. Pelbagai jarak dekat, pertemuan ketinggian yang rendah telah disaksikan pada 3:00 petang waktu tempatan, memaksa komander kapal untuk menggantung helikopter mengisi minyak di dek sehingga jet Rusia berangkat kawasan itu.

‘Aggressive simulated attack’: Pentagon decries Russian jets zooming over USS Donald Cook (VIDEO) . . .

The aerobatics skills of Russian pilots over the US destroyer Donald Cook in the Baltic Sea left the Pentagon and other US official running for cover in Washington over “aggressive close interactions” with Russian fighter jets.

Releasing the footage of Russian jet flybys in the vicinity of the destroyer, the US Navy said that its vessel has encountered multiple “aggressive flight maneuvers ...within close proximity of the ship,” some as close as 30 feet (10 meters) on Monday and Tuesday.

The set of incidents took place as the US ship, which had sailed from the Polish port of Gdynia, was conducting exercises with its NATO ally Poland in the Baltic Sea. The Navy announced that the SU-24 first flew over Donald Cook on Monday as US sailors were rehearsing “deck landing drills with an allied [Polish] military helicopter”. The numerous close-range, low altitude encounters were witnessed at 3:00pm local time, forcing the commander of the ship to suspend helicopter refueling on the deck until the Russian jets departed the area.

Donald Cook kebetulan berada sekitar 70 kilometer dari sebuah pangkalan tentera laut Rusia apabila pesawat Su-24 yang diluluskan, menurut jurucakap Kementerian Pertahanan Rusia Mejar Jeneral Igor Konashenkov.

"Pada 13 April, juruterbang Tentera Udara Rusia pesawat Su-24 mengambil bahagian dalam latihan di perairan antarabangsa di Laut Baltik. Laluan mereka membawa mereka ke kawasan di mana USS Donald Cook hadir, sekitar 70km dari sebuah pangkalan tentera laut Rusia, "katanya, seperti yang dipetik oleh TASS.

Konashenkov menambah bahawa semua penerbangan yang dijalankan oleh Tentera Udara Rusia ketat ikut semua peraturan antarabangsa apabila berjalan di atas perairan berkecuali.

"Setelah terletak kapal dalam zon penglihatan visual, juruterbang Rusia menjalankan manuver itu adalah mengikut semua peraturan keselamatan yang diperlukan," katanya, sambil Kementerian Pertahanan Rusia mereka mempersoalkan mengapa Amerika telah membuat apa-apa masalah besar tentang kejadian.

Keesokan harinya, Tentera Laut berkata, Rusia menyebabkan kebimbangan di kalangan kelasi Amerika Syarikat apabila helikopter KA-27 Helix Rusia terbang 7 kali ke atas kapal itu pada ketinggian yang rendah di perairan antarabangsa pada kira-kira 5.00 petang. Kira-kira 40 minit kemudian, 2 buah jet SU-24 Rusia didakwa membuat lagi 11 "jarak dekat dan ketinggian yang laluan rendah".

"Pesawat Russian terbang dalam profil serangan simulasi dan gagal untuk bertindak balas kepada nasihat keselamatan diulang dalam kedua-dua bahasa Inggeris dan Rusia. pegawai pemerintah USS Donald Cook dianggap beberapa gerakan ini sebagai tidak selamat dan tidak profesional, "kata Navysaid.

Berdasarkan video yang dikeluarkan oleh Tentera Laut Amerika Syarikat, pelayar telah sekali kebingungan oleh kemahiran aerobatik Rusia. Mereka berkumpul di bahagian atas dek pemusnah untuk menonton juruterbang Rusia.

The Donald Cook happened to be around 70km away from a Russian naval base when the Su-24 planes passed by, according to the Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov.

“On April 13, the pilots of the Russian Air Force Su-24 planes took part in a training exercise over international waters in the Baltic Sea. Their route took them to an area where the USS Donald Cook was present, around 70km from a Russian naval base,” he said, as cited by TASS.

Konashenkov added that all flights undertaken by the Russian Air Force strictly follow all international rules when traveling over neutral waters.

“Having located the ship in a zone of visual sight, the Russian pilots undertook a maneuver that was in accordance with all the necessary safety rules,” he said, while they Russian Defense Ministry questioned why the Americans were making such a big deal about the incident. 

The next day, the Navy said, Russia caused concern among US sailors when a Russian KA-27 Helix helicopter flew seven times over the ship at low altitude in international waters at around 5:00pm. Some 40 minutes later, two Russian SU-24 jets allegedly made a further 11 “close-range and low altitude passes”.

“The Russian aircraft flew in a simulated attack profile and failed to respond to repeated safety advisories in both English and Russian. USS Donald Cook’s commanding officer deemed several of these maneuvers as unsafe and unprofessional,” the Navy said.

Judging by the videos released by the US Navy, the sailors were nonplussed by the Russian aerobatic skills. They gathered on the top deck of the destroyer to watch the Russian pilots.

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#USNavy's #USSDonaldCook encounters aggressive Russian aircraft in #BalticSea. More to follow. (# USNavy ini #USSDonaldCook menghadapi agresif pesawat Rusia di #LautBaltic. Banyak lagi utk diikuti)

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"Dia di dek bawah lorong jambatan . . . Ia kelihatan seperti dia akan datang di seluruh dek penerbangan, akan datang di peringkat rendah, jambatan sayap . . . Lebih busur, belok kanan, lebih tunduk . . . "suara latar di negeri-negeri rakaman dalam apa yang kelihatan seperti nasihat seorang pengajar mengenai bagaimana untuk bergerak di lautan terbuka, dan bukannya panik bahawa arahan pusat dibentangkan ia menjadi. Sekurang-kurangnya pada video tidak ada yang dapat dilihat bertempiaran lari.

Menurut seorang pegawai pertahanan Amerika Syarikat yang bercakap dengan Pertahanan News, kelasi kapal Donald Cook mendakwa ketinggian yang rendah jet Rusia 'kacau perairan dan dicipta bangun bawah kapal. kakitangan Amerika Syarikat ke atas kapal Amerika, juga mendakwa Su-24 adalah "sayap bersih," yang bermakna tidak persenjataan hadir pada jet Rusia yang boleh menjadi ancaman kepada operasi Amerika Syarikat di Baltik.

Namun, pada masa yang sama, pegawai itu berkata, insiden minggu ini adalah "lebih agresif daripada apa-apa yang kami telah lihat dalam sedikit masa," sebagai SU-24 kelihatan terbang di "Profil serangan simulasi."

“He is on the deck below the bridge lane...It looks like he’ll be coming in across the flight deck, coming in low, bridge wing level...Over the bow, right turn, over the bow...” the voiceover on the footage states in what looks more like an instructor’s advice on how to maneuver in open waters, rather than the panic that the central command presented it to be. At least on the video no one can be seen running for cover.

According to a US defense official who spoke with Defense News, sailors aboard the Donald Cook claimed that the Russian jets’ low altitude stirred waters and created wake underneath the ship. US personnel on the American vessels, also claimed that Su-24 was “wings clean,” meaning no armaments were present on the Russian jets that could have posed a threat to US operations in the Baltic.

Yet at the same time, the official noted, that this week's incidents are “more aggressive than anything we’ve seen in some time,” as the SU-24 appeared to be flying in a “simulated attack profile.”

Read more: US recon aircraft intercepted by Russian fighter jet over Baltic - Pentagon (Baca lebih lanjut: pesawat recon US dipintas oleh jet pejuang Rusia ke atas Baltic - Pentagon)

Ruang udara Rusia telah menyebabkan panik dengan Washington, dengan jurucakap White House Josh Earnest memanggil tindakan juruterbang Rusia "provokatif" dan "tidak selaras dengan norma-norma profesional tentera."

"Saya dengar Russia sehingga helah lama mereka sekali lagi dalam EUCOM yang [Command Eropah Amerika Syarikat] AOR [kawasan tanggungjawab]," kata jurucakap Operasi Menyelesaikan Yang wujud Kolonel Steve Warren semasa taklimat pada hari Rabu, sambil menambah bahawa Amerika Syarikat adalah "bimbang dengan tingkah laku ini."

"Kami mempunyai kebimbangan yang mendalam tentang gerakan penerbangan yang tidak selamat dan tidak profesional Rusia. Tindakan ini mempunyai potensi untuk tidak perlu menyebabkan ketegangan antara negara, dan boleh mengakibatkan salah perhitungan atau kemalangan yang boleh menyebabkan kecederaan serius atau kematian, "berkata, Kawasan Eropah Amerika Syarikat dalam satu kenyataan.

Dalam pada Adm. John Richardson, ketua operasi tentera laut, mengucapkan terima kasih kepada anak-anak kapal Amerika Syarikat untuk menjaga dingin mereka semasa keadaan tertekan.

"Bravo Zulu kepada anak-anak kapal USS Donald Cook untuk inisiatif dan keliatan mereka dalam bagaimana mereka mengendalikan diri mereka semasa kejadian ini," kata laksamana itu di Facebook.

Rusia masih belum mengulas mengenai insiden tetapi kemungkinan besar kraf udara Rusia terbang dari rantau Kaliningrad, bersempadan Poland. Kaliningrad adalah ibu pejabat Armada Baltik Rusia, yang juga termasuk pangkalan udara Chernyakhovsk, Donskoye, dan Kaliningrad Chkalovsk.

The Russian overflights have caused panic over in Washington, with White House spokesman Josh Earnest calling the actions of the Russian pilots “provocative” and “inconsistent with professional norms of militaries.”

“I hear the Russians are up to their old tricks again in the EUCOM [US European Command] AOR [area of responsibility],” Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman Col. Steve Warren said during a briefing on Wednesday, adding that the US is “concerned with this behavior.”

“We have deep concerns about the unsafe and unprofessional Russian flight maneuvers. These actions have the potential to unnecessarily escalate tensions between countries, and could result in a miscalculation or accident that could cause serious injury or death,” the US European Command said in a statement.

In the meantime Adm. John Richardson, the chief of naval operations, thanked the US crew for keeping their cool during the stressful situation.

“Bravo Zulu to the crew of USS Donald Cook for their initiative and toughness in how they handled themselves during this incident,” the admiral said on Facebook.

Russia has yet to comment on the incidents but most likely the Russian air craft flew from the Kaliningrad region, bordering Poland. Kaliningrad is the headquarters of the Russian Baltic Fleet, which also includes the Chernyakhovsk, Donskoye, and Kaliningrad Chkalovsk air bases.

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