Australia accused China on Saturday of not giving satisfactory reasons for her, as she called, insufficient notice For a real fire exercise in the waters between Australia and New Zealand that forced airlines to divert flights, according to Reuters.

The Minister of Defense Richard Marles said the government is not yet ‘A satisfactory response from China to the question of the start TExercises »something that he said is ‘Worrying’ For the Air Force.

“When we do an activity of this kind, we usually give a 12 to 24 -hour notice”, Marles said on the Nine Entertainment television network. “A satisfactory answer is because that couldn’t be done.”

On Friday, airlines such as Qantas, Emirates and Air New Zealand They amended the flight routes between Australia and New Zealand after China reported a message that its navy would carry out live fire exercises in international waters off the coast of the New South Wales of Australia.

Australia’s defensive force said there was no immediate danger to Australia or New Zealand assets, the government said on Friday.

“China actually complied with international law and this is important not to imply that it wasn’t so”the prime minister said Anthony Albanese Saturday in statements broadcast television by Australian Broadcasting Corp.

The representative of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Guo Jiakun said Friday that naval exercises “They support security standards and professional businesses throughout, in accordance with relevant international laws and international practices”.

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong met with her Chinese counterpart Wang for on Friday on the sidelines of the 20th group meeting in South Africa, saying they will discuss the “Safe and professional military behavior”.

The exercise took place after a frigate, cruiser and replacement boat of the People’s Liberation Army entered Australia’s maritime areas last week and traveled to the east coast of Australia this week, watching from the Navy and Air Force of Australia. .

Australia protested this month for ‘Unsafe and unprofessional’ Actions of a Chinese fighter aircraft towards an Australian naval patrol in the South China Sea. Beijing accused Australian aircraft that ‘Intentionally invaded’ in its airspace.

China rejects the 2016 Hague Court of Justice’s 2016 That her claims to almost the entire sea of ​​southern China – sections of which are also claimed by many Southeast Asia nations – were not supported by international law.