“There is no possibility the government will make any concession on this issue as it is a matter of national sovereignty,” ministry spokesman Henry Chen (陳銘政) said.
NO PROVOCATIONS
Chen said Taiwan and Japan would not engage in provocations as both sides had made their positions on the matter very clear.
KMT Legislator Liao Wan-ru (廖婉如) said later yesterday that the government should continue requesting negotiations with Japan on the matter.
“The problem isn’t that the ADIZ cannot be redrawn, but rather that Japan should have consulted us instead of making the decision on its own,” Liao said.
Defense ministry spokesman Major General Yu Sy-tue (虞思祖) said yesterday the ministry had a similar position.
Likening the ADIZ issue to the controversial Diaoyutai (釣魚台) Islands, over which Taiwan and Japan claim sovereignty, Chen said both sides would set differences aside and seek acceptable solutions through negotiations.
On reports by Japanese media that the expansion of the ADIZ was part of the Japanese government’s response to a military buildup in China, Yang refused to comment.
CONCERN OVER CHINA
The anonymous official said the rapid growth of the Chinese military in recent years had become a concern for the academic and diplomatic community in Japan.
Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Peng Shao-chin (彭紹瑾) told the Taipei Times last night that Taiwan’s government had to learn how to strike a balance between its relationship with China and with the US-Japan security alliance.
“Japan’s redrawing of the ADIZ suggests that it might not trust Taiwan as much as it used to in light of our government’s moving too close to China,” Peng said.
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