Madagascar Tribune Condemns US for Plane CollisionAn article carried in Madagascar Tribune yesterday condemned the US military surveillance plane for bumping into a Chinese fighter over China¡¯s exclusive coastal economic zone.It said that Chinese fighters were entirely justified in tracking and monitoring the US spy plane, while the US plane causing the Chinese jet to crash was a provocative act, for which the US should bear full responsibility. According to the article, the US plane intruded into the Chinese territorial airspace and landed at a Chinese airport without permission. ¡°This act violated the international law and seriously infringed upon the Chinese sovereignty. The US should apologize to the Chinese people,¡± it said. It hoped that China and the US will reasonably handle the serious incident through the diplomatic channel, so as not to aggravate the intense Sino-US relationship. |
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