Taiwan’s Defense Ministry on Thursday detected at least one fighter jet and three warships on its territory, which it attributed to China as confirmed in a statement.
Through its Twitter account, the Ministry has confirmed that at 06.00 local time it detected the three ships of the Chinese Navy and a fighter jet, which has entered its air defense space in the southwest of the island.
The Defense Ministry has deployed fighter jets, Navy ships and activated ground-based missile launching systems in response to the invasion of its airspace, while they continue to monitor the situation closely.
A few hours ago, the Chinese Foreign Ministry expressed its condemnation of Wednesday’s meeting between U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Taiwan President Tsai Ing Wen, who remains in the United States.
The minister warned that China would take »firm and absolute measures to defend our sovereignty and territorial integrity» after the meeting, while the United States said there was no reason for Beijing to »overreact» to the event.
Last April 1, Taiwan also denounced the entry of 18 fighter jets and four Navy ships in the vicinity of the island, detailing that a dozen of the planes crossed the so-called »Davis line», which marks the middle of the Taiwan Strait before turning back.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
