China's top legislature has firmed opposed a Japanese resolution urging the country to rescind its new Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).
The Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) said that the Japanese side has no right to make irresponsible remarks on China's establishment of the defense zone.
The committee said that China's establishment of the ADIZ is reasonable, legitimate and in line with international law and practice, China Daily reports.
The statement further pointed that China has been firmly opposed to and never recognized Japan's unauthorized action to include the Diaoyu Islands into Japan's so-called air defense identification zone and Japan should make efforts for the improvement of relations as well as peace of the East China Sea and its airspace, the report added.