Q: The Chinese side has said that the Chinese and the US sides will continue with their negotiation on this incident and other related issues. When will the negotiation take place?
A: The US plane rammed into and destroyed the Chinese plane resulting in the missing of the Chinese pilot and then entered China’s airspace and landed in China’s airfield without permission. This incident is not concluded yet. The Chinese side demands that the US side give convincing explanation to the Chinese people concerning this incident, stop sending aircraft to China’s coast to conduct reconnaissance activities and take effective measures to prevent such incident from happening again.
The two sides will continue with their negotiation on this incident and other related issues from 18 April. The topic will include cause of the plane incident, cessation by the US side to send aircraft to China’s coast to conduct reconnaissance activities and how to avoid such incident from happening again in the future and other related issues.