China radar-lock on Japan ship 'dangerous': PM Abe
- Published: 5 Feb 2013 at 18.44
- Online news: Asia
The radar-lock that a Chinese frigate put on a Japanese warship was "dangerous" and "provocative", Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday, as tensions in a territorial row ratcheted up.
Japan's Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, pictured at Naha air base on southern island of Okinawa, on February 2, 2013. The radar-lock that a Chinese frigate put on a Japanese warship was 'dangerous' and 'provocative,' Abe said on Wednesday, as tensions in a territorial row ratcheted up.
"It was a dangerous act that could have led to an unpredictable situation," Abe told parliament. "It is extremely regrettable. We strongly ask for their self-restraint in order to avoid an unnecessary escalation."
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