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Tensions rise/ US and Philippines begin largest military exercises

2023-04-11 09:27:08Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Tensions rise/ US and Philippines begin largest military exercises
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The United States and the Philippines are holding their biggest ever military drills, a day after China ended its large-scale exercises around the Taiwan Strait.

Over the past three days, China's military has imposed a blockade on Taiwan in response to a meeting that the Taiwanese president held with the speaker of the US House of Representatives last week. Washington said China's response was disproportionate, while Taiwan's president, Tsai Ing-wen, said Beijing's behavior was "irresponsible" and that she had the right to visit the US.

The US exercises are already planned. Philippine and US officials have said the exercises show their commitment to peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region, which is open and free.

Washington announced last month that the annual exercise with the Philippines, Balikatan, would be its largest ever, involving more than 17,000 troops - 12,000 of them from the US. The two-week drills will also include the simulation of blowing up a warship in the South China Sea - a move that could anger China.

The China-Taiwan dispute

China and Taiwan were separated during a civil war in 1949, but Beijing has always maintained that the island must be returned to it. Beijing calls the Government in Taipei separatist and refuses to rule out the use of force to bring it back into its orbit. Taiwan has full diplomatic relations with only 13 of the 193 member states of the United Nations, as China has asked its allies not to recognize its legitimacy as an independent nation.

The island also has its own constitution, democratically elected leaders and a professional military force of 162,000. The United States does not have diplomatic relations with Taiwan, but has deep informal relations. Under President Joe Biden, Washington has sent weapons to Taiwan, as well as special military training units./REL


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