Through the Taiwan Strait US and Canadian military ships
A US destroyer and a Canadian frigate crossed the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, Sept. 20 in a new joint operation aimed at cementing the route’s status as an international waterway.
USS Higgins, US destroyer and Canadian frigate HMCS Vancouver”He made a routine transit across the Taiwan Strait on September 20 (…) in accordance with international lawSaid the Seventh Fleet of the US Navy.
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Canada said HMCS Vancouver was on its way to join an ongoing mission to impose UN sanctions on North Korea when it crossed with USS Higgins. “Today’s routine transit across the Taiwan Strait demonstrates our commitment to creating a free, open and inclusive area between the Indo-PacificCanadian Defense Minister Anita Anand said in a statement, using a different term for the Asia-Pacific region.
In response to a question from state-run CCTV, a spokesperson for the Eastern Command of the Chinese army described the crossing as “the noise“, claiming that the Chinese troops were”Still on high alert“for”Defending national sovereignty and territorial integrity“.
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Beijing believes that Taiwan is part of its territory and that the strait that separates the island from mainland China, one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, belongs to it. The United States has a long history infree shippingTo navigate this strait and counter Chinese allegations. Western Allies are increasingly joining these operations.
This new US-Canadian military transit – the first in 11 months – came the day after President Joe Biden said US forces could come to help Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion.
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Similar statements to three previous speeches of the President of the Republic, despite an old policy that wasstrategic ambiguityfrom Washington, with the aim of avoiding a Chinese invasion and discouraging Taiwan from provoking Beijing by formally declaring its independence.
After each of Joe Biden’s remarks, the White House said US policy toward Taiwan has not changed.
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