Two US Navy warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, such the first operation since Chinese military exercise that had never occurred before Taiwan, which was held in a response to the visit of the US Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the island that was regulated in the beginning this month.
Two Destroyers of Missiles Guided – USS Anti -Anam and USS Chancellorsville – US Navy is transit through the Taiwan Strait, doing routine transit, the US fleet said in a statement on Sunday.
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) responded by tracking and monitoring the journey of the two ships, and said they were “ready to thwart any provocation”.
The East Theater Command PLA “Conducting security and monitoring of US warships in all courses, and has all movements from two US warships under control,” Senior Colonel Shi Yi, a spokesman for the order said in a written statement in a written statement In a written statement in a written statement in a written statement in a written statement in a written statement in a written statement written in a written statement written in a written statement written in a written statement written on Sunday.
Tensions in the Taiwan Strait jumped to their highest levels in this year after the pelSi visited Taiwan, which was claimed by Beijing as his own territory and had not put aside using the power to bring him under control. This routinely issues warnings and threats of retaliation in formal interactions between Taiwan and the third country.
Since the pelSi visit, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has continued to hold naval training around the island throughout the month with more backgrounds by us and Japanese diplomats to Taipei.
A group of five US parliament members visited Taiwan immediately after a short pelSi visit but a high profile. The Eastern Theater Command PLA organizes the patrol of multi-service battle and combat exercises in the sea and airspace around Taiwan in response to their visit.
These ships turn through corridors in the strait outside the territorial sea of any coastal state, “said the US Navy in his statement, without mentioning the name China or Taiwan.
Ship transit through the Taiwan Strait shows the United States commitment to free and open Indo-Pacific. The United States military flies, screens, and operate international law everywhere permit, “said the statement.
China conducted the largest Chinese military exercise around Taiwan in response to the pelSi visit. PLA fired missiles on the island and mobilized jet and warships for large -scale training.
PLA said the exercise was “a solemn prevention of political games by the US and Taiwan who damaged the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait”.