More than 40 aircraft of the Chinese army They operated in the surroundings of Taiwan during the last 48 hours, movements that took place after the regime of China accuse USA to undermine the “fundamental interests” from Beijing regarding the Taiwanese issue.
In its latest daily report, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MDN) indicated that a total of 25 devices They flew over the surroundings of the island between 6:00 local time on Friday (22:00 GMT on Thursday) and the 6:00 local time on Saturday (22:00 GMT on Friday).
Of the total number of aircraft reported today, thirteen crossed the median line of the Taiwan Straitan unofficial border that had been respected for decades, and entered the southwest and southeast region of the self-proclaimed Taiwanese Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).
The military portfolio detected other twenty chinese aircraft between the 06:00 Thursday (22:00 GMT on Wednesday) and the 06:00 on Friday (22:00 GMT on Thursday), of which eighteen crossed the middle line of the Strait and penetrated the southwest and southeast region of the aforementioned island ADIZ.
“The Armed Forces of the Republic of China (Taiwan’s official name) have monitored the situation and employed mission aircraft, Navy ships and coastal missile systems in response to the detected activities,” the island’s Ministry of Defense said in a statement. statement this Saturday.
This uptick in Chinese military activity happened after the Chinese Minister of Defense, Dong Junrefused to meet with the US Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austinduring the recent summit of defense ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) held in Laos, due to disagreements over Taiwan.
“The United States cannot undermine China’s basic interests on the Taiwan issue while attempting to maintain military exchanges as if nothing had happened,” he said at a press conference. Wu Qianspokesperson for China’s Defense Ministry, who urged Washington to “immediately correct your mistakes” and genuinely respect Beijing’s interests.
Austin, through a statement from the Pentagon, said last Wednesday that Beijing had rejected a meeting with its Chinese counterpart in a fact that he considered “unfortunate.” “I regret that China has chosen for us not to meet here. The decision of the People’s Republic of China is a step backwards for the entire region,” he told the media from Laos.
Dong and Austin had held their first meeting in June, during a security forum in Singapore, marking the resumption of high-level dialogue between both powers after the interruption caused by the visit of Nancy Pelosi, then speaker of the US House of Representatives. , to Taiwan in August 2022.
In recent years, the regime China has progressively increased its military pressure on Taiwanan island governed autonomously since 1949 and considered by Beijing like a “rebel province”.
Tensions between both parties have worsened following the takeover of the sovereigntist William Lai as new president Taiwanese the past May 20.
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense has since detected more than 3,100 Chinese Army aircraft operating in the surroundings of the island, of which 2,200 crossed the Strait dividing line or violated the self-proclaimed island ADIZ.
The question Taiwanese It is one of the main points of friction between Beijing y Washingtongiven that USA is the main supplier of weapons Taipei and could defend the island in case of conflict.
(With information from EFE)
