South Korean Navy on Monday embarked on exercises near the disputed Dokdo by Japan small islands. This fact has caused outrage from Tokyo.
As reported by the South Korean agency Yonhap, the doctrine of defense of Dokdo will last 2 day. It will be attended 6 warships and 7 aircraft (F-15K и P-3C). There will also be worked out on the landing of the landing of the island.
The publication notes, that such maneuvers are conducted regularly 1986 of the year, to "strengthen the capacity of its troops and to keep foreign invaders at bay".
official Tokyo has demanded through diplomatic channels of Seoul, in turn abandon the exercises on the islands, which is called Takeshima in Japan. There continue to consider their own, although in fact the island under the control of the Republic of Korea.
This is extremely regrettable and totally unacceptable, "In light of our country's position on the sovereignty of Takeshima", It said in a statement the Japanese Government.
Tokyo, claiming to be a group of tiny rocky islands in the Sea of Japan, once he proposed to Seoul to bring this territorial dispute to the International Court of Justice, but South Korean authorities refused, stated, that there is no dispute over Dokdo is not, and can not be, as this - Korean territory geographically, historical and legal.
