Statement on East China Sea Air Space Security
Extracted from President Ma's Opening Remarks at the
International Conference on Peace and Security in East Asia
1. All parties concerned should abide by the principles of international law and to seek peaceful resolutions to disputes, in the spirit of East China Sea Peace Initiative, in order to ensure air space security, to safeguard freedom of aviation, and to promote regional peace.
2. Those parties with the overlapping ADIZs should initiate bilateral talks for solutions at the earliest possibility. Provisional arrangements may be taken whenever necessary to avoid conflict and misjudgment, and to reduce the impacts on freedom and safety of aviation.
3. To promote sustainable peace and long-lasting cooperation in the East China Sea and to enhance regional stability and prosperity, the parties concerned should jointly negotiate the formulation of the "East China Sea Code of Conduct" concerning both maritime space and air space, and the creation of region's multilateral mechanism on the basis of mutual trust and reciprocity.