Asian territory disputes could trigger war: Panetta
By Dan De Luce
AFP News
16 September 2012
Chinese activists set fire to a Japanese flag during a protest
in Wuhan, over disputed islands in the East China Sea.
AFPChina and other Asian countries could end up at war over territorial disputes if governments keep up their "provocative behaviour", US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Sunday.
Speaking to reporters before arriving in Tokyo on a trip to Asia, Panetta appealed for restraint amid mounting tensions over territorial rights in the East China Sea and the South China Sea.
"I am concerned that when these countries engage in provocations of one kind or another over these various islands, that it raises the possibility that a misjudgment on one side or the other could result in violence, and could result in conflict," Panetta said, when asked about a clash between Japan and China.
"And that conflict would then have the potential of expanding."
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