The Chinese coast guard described the ship's transit as "public hype".Ĭhinese vessels tailed the U.S. Taiwan's defence ministry said the ship sailed in a northerly direction, and its forces monitored the situation which it described as "normal". The mission happened the day after Blinken ended a visit to Beijing, in which the two countries agreed to stabilise their intense rivalry so it does not veer into conflict, but failed to produce any major breakthrough. The United States military flies, sails and operates anywhere international law allows," the 7th Fleet added in its statement. "Stratton's transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the United States' commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.
The politically sensitive strait, which separates China from the democratically governed island of Taiwan, is a frequent source of tension as Beijing steps up its political and military pressure to try to force Taipei to accept Chinese sovereignty. The national security cutter Stratton made a "routine" Taiwan Strait transit on Tuesday "through waters where high-seas freedoms of navigation and overflight apply in accordance with international law", the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken having wrapped up a high-profile, widely watched visit to Beijing a day earlier. Coast Guard ship sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday in a transit that China described as "public hype", after U.S.
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