Sightings of Chinese fighter jets around Taiwan
According to Webangah News quoted by Mehr News Agency, citing Business Standard, Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense announced the increase in the activities of the People’s Liberation Army of China near the Taiwan Strait.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense announced that more than 28 Chinese government planes were detected around this area.
According to the statement of the Ministry of Defense of Taiwan, 27 Chinese warplanes crossed the middle line between the two sides and entered the North, Central, Southwest Air Defense Identification Zone. , southeast and east of Taiwan.
Previously, Taiwan announced that 18 planes and 13 ships of the Chinese Navy were detected around the island until 6:00 a.m. local time on Saturday. has done.
China considers the island of Taiwan as part of its territory. According to Beijing, “Ching Lai-te”, the president of Taiwan, who assumed the presidency of the island on May 20 this year, is a “separatist and dangerous element”.
Three days after his inauguration, Beijing held a large-scale exercise around Taiwan. China called Chingte’s remarks at the inauguration ceremony provocative and emphasized that what was said at the ceremony was an acknowledgment of “Taiwan separatism”. Although China has always emphasized the peaceful annexation of Taiwan, it has not rejected the use of force to annex this island.