The chinese army confirmed that it will carry out military maneuvers this Monday in the air and sea space surrounding Taiwan in response to the visit of five US congressmen to the island, which comes twelve days after the one made by Legislative Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Colonel Shi Yi, a spokesman for the Eastern Theater of Operations Command, stated that the People’s Liberation Army (Chinese Army) will take the necessary measures to “resolutely defend national sovereignty”.
The exercises consist of a multi-service joint combat readiness patrol and an actual combat drill in the sea and airspace around the island of Taiwanwhose sovereignty Beijing claims.
On August 11, after completing the maneuvers carried out in response to Pelosi’s visit, the military spokesman announced that the army would organize “regular combat patrols” in the waters around Taiwan.
The spokesman for the Ministry of Defense of China Wu Qian declared this Monday that the visit of american politicians it is a “flagrant violation” of the “one China” principle. In addition, Wu pointed out that the PLA continues to “train troops for war” with the aim of “crushing any form of separatist scheme and foreign interference for an independence of Taiwan“.
China accuses the US of meddling
“The United States intrudes on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of China“, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said today, in response to the arrival of the US delegation in Taiwan. He stated that the trip is equivalent to “ignoring” the “protests and firm opposition” by China to the United States. Joined.
The Chinese spokesman accused “certain American politicians” of “colluding with secessionists from Taiwan that defy the ‘one China’ principle” and warned that these actions “will not succeed.” China will take measures to “protect its sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Wang warned.
Chinese “elevated military threat”
The US delegation, which plans to visit other parts of the Indo-Pacific in addition to Taiwanis made up of both Republican and Democratic senators and congressmen who, during their two-day stay, will hold meetings with Taiwanese leaders on regional security and trade.
Although in recent years China has carried out other drills in the Strait of TaiwanThose related to the current crisis that began with Pelosi’s visit “cover a larger area, involve more military elements, and are expected to be highly effective,” Chinese defense experts were quoted as saying by local media.
Taiwan He described the Chinese military presence in the aforementioned areas as a “blockade”, and the island’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, called China’s “deliberately heightened military threat” “irresponsible”.
Chinawhich called Pelosi’s visit a “farce” and “deplorable betrayal”, and considers Taiwan a rebellious province since the Kuomintang nationalists withdrew there in 1949, after losing the civil war against the communists. (With information from EFE)