Two US warships sail through Taiwan Strait
Two US warships are passing through the Taiwan Strait, the US Navy has announced.
Agency
August 28, 2022
AUG 28: It is the first such operation to take place since tensions between Taiwan and China increased following a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan earlier in August.
China reacted by holding large-scale military drills in the area.
The US and some other Western navies routinely sailed through the strait in recent years.
Washington says the two guided-missile cruisers are demonstrating freedom of navigation through international waters.
Beijing views such actions as provocative and maintains that the island of Taiwan is an integral part of Chinese territory.
The US Navy said in a statement that the transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrated the "United States' commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific".
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