China on Thursday ruled out establishing an air defence zone along the India-China border like it recently did over the disputed islands in the East China Sea, saying such zones are created only in coastal areas beyond territorial airspace.
“I want to clarify that on the concept of Air Defence Identification Zone, it is an area of airspace established by coastal state beyond its territorial airspace. So, the question does not arise,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told a media briefing here.