Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 27, 2013. Assistant Press Secretary Carl Woog provided the following readout:
“This morning, Secretary Hagel called Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera to discuss the security situation in the East China Sea.
Secretary Hagel conveyed that the announcement by the People’s Republic of China establishing the “East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone” is a potentially destabilizing unilateral action designed to change the status quo in the region, and raises the risk of misunderstanding…






