Pak Sahafat – The spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry stated that the US is the cause of insecurity, including in the “South China Sea”, and asked Washington to stop dangerous and provocative actions.
According to Pak Sahafat News Agency, quoting from the information base of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, on Friday, Wang Wenbin, in response to the statement of the US military about the approach of a Chinese warplane to the US warship over China’s territorial waters, said: The provocative and dangerous actions of the US are the root of security problems in the maritime domain.
He asked America to stop these dangerous and provocative actions instead of accusing China.
The spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry emphasized: Beijing will continue to take the necessary measures to ensure its security and sovereignty while maintaining peace in the South China Sea with strength.
Yesterday, the US military claimed: In international airspace over the South China Sea, a Chinese military aircraft came within 20 feet (6 meters) of a US Air Force aircraft and forced it to change course to avoid a collision.
The United States claims that the dangerous behavior of Chinese military fighters has recently increased.
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The US military said in a statement on Thursday local time: The incident occurred on December 21, and a J11 fighter of the Chinese Navy and an RC 135 aircraft of the US Air Force were present.
The statement said: The US Indo-Pacific Joint Force is committed to the free and open Indo-Pacific region and will continue to fly, sail and operate in the sea and international airspace in accordance with international laws, taking into account the safety of all ships and aircraft.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, in a meeting with his Chinese counterpart in November, emphasized the need to improve communications between the two countries and also pointed to what he called the dangerous behavior of Chinese military aircraft.
Chinese and American Presidents Xi Jinping and Joe Biden met on November 14 on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia. The meeting comes as relations between the two countries have hit their lowest point in decades and have been deadlocked over many issues, from Taiwan to trade.
The meeting between the two senior officials of China and the United States is their first face-to-face meeting since the presidency of Biden. Their meeting took place on the Indonesian island of Bali before the G20 summit.
In the past few days, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi had a telephone conversation with his American counterpart, Anthony Blinken, about various issues, especially the Taiwan issue.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has announced that he will travel to China in early 2023 to discuss a wide range of bilateral and global issues with senior Chinese officials.
Blinken has stated that he will visit China in January or February 2023, but the exact date of this trip has not yet been decided.