Shafaq News/ The United States reaffirmed its commitment to "peaceand stability" across the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, opposing anyunilateral attempts to alter the status quo "through force orcoercion" after China extended large-scale military exercises aroundTaiwan for a second day.
“Once again, China’s aggressive military activities and rhetoric towardTaiwan only serve to exacerbate tensions and put the region’s security and theworld’s prosperity at risk,” State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said ina statement.
Despite Beijing’s “intimidation tactics and destabilizing behavior,” theUS remains committed to its allies and partners, including Taiwan, she added.
China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command said itsarmy, navy, air force, and rocket forces conducted joint military drills nearTaiwan as part of the "Strait Thunder-2025A" exercises, which werenot announced in advance.
PLA spokesperson Senior Colonel Shi Yi said ground forces carried out“live-fire long-range strike drills” in the East China Sea, targeting simulatedkey ports and energy facilities. The exercises “achieved the intended results,”he added.
Taiwan’s Defense Ministry reported that 71 Chinese aircraft and 21 navyships participated in the drills, with PLA Navy vessels led by the aircraftcarrier Shandong entering Taiwan’s response zone. It condemned the maneuvers as“irrational provocations” and vowed to defend its sovereignty.
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