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Tensions rise, China surrounds Taiwan with 59 warplanes and 11 ships

2023-04-10 09:42:10Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Tensions rise, China surrounds Taiwan with 59 warplanes and 11 ships
China surrounds Taiwan with 59 warplanes and 11 ships

China continued its large-scale military maneuvers near Taiwan on Monday for a third straight day in retaliation for Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy last week. .

On Monday morning, Taiwan's Defense Ministry said in a statement that Taiwan's armed forces were closely monitoring the situation and were "reacting calmly".

On Monday, the ministry registered 59 warplanes and 11 ships from the Chinese military within four hours. Of these, 39 aircraft had crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered Taiwan's southwestern and southeastern airspace, interfering with the air defense identification zones that constitute a buffer zone outside Taiwan's sovereign airspace. After Tsai returned from California to Taipei late Friday, marking the first meeting between a Taiwanese national leader and a US representative on American soil, China began three days of military exercises on Saturday.

They included simulating several precision strikes on "key targets on the island of Taiwan and surrounding sea areas." Taiwan's Foreign Ministry on Monday condemned China's provocation, saying it clearly defied international orders and undermined peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and the region. She reiterated that the fact that the Taiwanese president visits other countries for diplomatic purposes is a fundamental right for a sovereign state, saying that China is not in a position to interfere in this area.

Tsai stopped in the US on her way back from Central America, where she met with the leaders of two diplomatic allies, Guatemala and Belize. The White House insists her time in the US was not an official visit. The Communist leadership in Beijing regards the democratically self-governing island of Taiwan as part of China and threatens to invade it.

A visit to Taiwan by McCarthy's predecessor, Nancy Pelosi, in August similarly raised tensions, and Beijing also conducted military exercises near Taiwan then. Washington has been committed to Taiwan's defense capabilities since 1979, which until now has mostly meant arms shipments./REL


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