The end of China’s 2-day military exercise in the Taiwan Strait

According to the international group Tasnim News Agency, while the Ministry of Defense of Taiwan is aware of the large number of ships and aircraft The Chinese army announces war in the buffer zone of the Taiwan Strait, Beijing The end of the two-day military exercise of this country declared around the Taiwan Strait.

According to this report, in this two-day exercise, the Chinese army simulated the deployment of bombers and exercises with cargo ships. Did it.

The military channel of China’s state TV, citing an official in the People’s Liberation Army of China, announced that this two-day exercise will begin on Thursday as previously planned. And it ended on Friday.

The spokesman of the Chinese military called this exercise “severe punishment” for Taiwan’s “separatist actions”..

China’s state television CCTV announced yesterday that this As part of a military exercise, the country has carried out mock missile attacks near Taiwan and launched fighter jets carrying missiles along with bombers.

China’s show of power three days after It is done after the inauguration of the new president of Taiwan. In his opening speech, “William Lai Ching” asked China to stop “intimidating” Taiwan.

The new president of Taiwan once again called for a dialogue with the Chinese authorities and added: I ask the Beijing authorities to stop the political and military pressure on Taiwan and fulfill their global responsibility towards Taiwan and work hard to maintain peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and the region to ensure that the world is free from the fear of a war.

while Taiwan, since the announcement of the victory of William Lai in the recent elections of this country, It has faced increasing pressure from China, including regular naval and military activities near this island.

China considers Taiwan to be part of its territorial territory and has threatened to return the country by various means, from resorting to military force to reunification with the mainland.

China called Lai “troublemaker” and “separatist”. In response to this exercise, Lai said that he will stand on the front line to defend the island. Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry has asked China to be “reasonable” and “stop undermining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait“.

In this exercise, various ships and aircraft in They took a position around Taiwan and some other islands near it. Chinese bombers tested the ability of the Chinese army to seize this island and control its key areas by making mock attacks in the waters east of Taiwan.

Taiwan says its military has been put on high alert in response to China’s drills.

At the same time, Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense announced on Friday that 46 Chinese military aircraft had crossed the border. The middle of the Taiwan Strait, which is considered as an unofficial border between the two sides, announced. The ministry also announced the detection of 62 military aircraft and 27 Chinese navy ships around the Taiwan Strait.

The Ministry of Home Affairs emphasized that among the Chinese military aircraft, fighters SU-30 and bombers H-6 It can be seen with the ability to carry nuclear materials that flew over the Taiwan Strait and the Bashi Channel, which is the border between Taiwan and the Philippines.

In this Now, last week informed sources reported that the US and Taiwan held a joint exercise in the ocean last month. They have quietly held news.

Washington and Taipei have increased their military cooperation in recent years in the midst of daily Chinese attacks on Taiwan’s air defense zone and the holding of Chinese military exercises near this island .

Taiwan and China separated after a civil war in 1949 that brought Mao Zedong to power. . Since then, China has considered Taiwan as one of its territories that should eventually be rejoined by China. For the past 4 years, the Chinese government has held regular military exercises around the Taiwan Strait, the most important of which were the extensive military exercises in 2022 and 2023.

China always claims that Taiwan should be under the sovereignty of this country and has been trying to subjugate Taiwan for the past few years, but the government of Taiwan has always declared that it has independent sovereignty and the people of this country should decide their own destiny. .

USA in In 1979, while officially establishing diplomatic relations with the Chinese government, it abandoned relations with Taiwan. While the US insists on the “One China” policy, it does not support China’s claim of sovereignty over Taiwan and remains a key military supporter of Taipei.

Some time ago the US government In his foreign aid bill, he allocated about 8 billion dollars to Taiwan to deal with China.

while America is always the most important international supporter Taiwan is the main supplier of weapons to this country despite the lack of official diplomatic relations. China, which always considers Taiwan to be part of the territory of China, has repeatedly asked Washington to stop selling weapons to Taiwan.

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