‘Absurd’: Taipei rejects Beijing’s sovereign claims over Taiwan Strait


Taiwan has firmly rejected Beijing’s claims that it has sovereign rights over the Taiwan Strait, saying it stands by US freedom of navigation activities in international waters.

It also stressed it was fully briefed by Washington on talks in Luxembourg on Monday between US national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Chinese Communist Party Politburo member Yang Jiechi.

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