TWO warships from Canada and Australia transited the Taiwan Strait while being monitored by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), China’s state media reported.
China’s state-run Global Times newspaper said in a report yesterday that the Canadian frigate Ville de Quebec and the Australian guided-missile destroyer Brisbane were the two vessels that passed through the waterway separating China from the island of Taiwan.
The Taiwan Defence Ministry said it could not immediately comment, and the Canadian and Australian militaries did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment.
“The People’s Liberation Army maintained full surveillance and monitoring throughout the transit, with the situation fully under control,” the Global Times reported.
The US Navy and occasionally ships from allied countries like Canada, Britain and France transit the strait, which they consider an international waterway, around once a month. — Reuters
