White House condemns China’s close encounter with US vessel in Taiwan Strait
White House condemns China’s close encounter with US vessel in Taiwan Strait
2023-06-06
The White House has condemned Beijing for aggression, after a PLA warship cut in front of an American ship in the Taiwan Strait last week. Speaking on Monday, White House National Security Council Spokesperson John Kirby said the incident was “unacceptable” and “unprofessional.” The U.S. destroyer was conducting a “freedom of navigation” transit when it nearly collided with the PLA ship. The U.S. Department of State has reiterated its commitment to defending freedom of navigation.
John Kirby
National Security Council spokesperson
It won’t be long before somebody gets hurt. When you have pieces of metal that size, whether it’s in the air or on the sea, and they’re operating that close together, it wouldn’t take much for an error in judgment or a mistake to get made, and somebody could get hurt. And that’s just got to be unacceptable. It should be unacceptable to them as well. And, sadly, this is just part, again, of a growing aggressiveness by the PRC that we’re dealing with, and we’re prepared to address it.
Mike Turner
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
What we’re seeing is an unbelievable aggression by China, if you look at the balloon that flew over the United States, the Chinese police stations, the aggressiveness against our both planes and ships, in international water. It goes right to the heart of what president Xi said when he stood next to Putin in Russia, where he said they are trying to get change that had not happened in 100 years.
Responding to media questions about the incident, Taiwan’s foreign ministry said that China’s actions were dangerous and extremely provocative. Such risky maneuvers are not conducive to regional security, it said. The ministry reiterated that the Taiwan Strait was international waters, and that vessels from the U.S. and Canada had the right to transit the strait according to international law.
美加軍艦穿越台海遭中艦鬼切挑釁 白宮譴責
2023-06-06
美國與加拿大軍艦日前執行穿越台海任務，被中國軍艦「鬼切」逼船。白宮國安會發言人柯比譴責北京在台海與南海行動日益挑釁，還可能會造成傷亡，行為不可接受。美國國務院也重申，將繼續捍衛航行自由。
[[白宮國安會發言人 柯比]]
“很快就會有人受傷，這麼大體積的鐵塊，無論是在空中或海上，這麼靠近的情況下，只要出一點差錯就可能造成人員受傷，這是不能接受的，對於他們應該也是不能接受，可悲的是這只是中國日益挑釁的一部分，也是我們正在應對的”
[[美國眾議院情報委員會主席 特納]]
“我們正目睹中國難以置信的侵略行為，看看飛越美國的氣球，中國海外警局，他們在國際海域對我國船隻和飛機的侵略，恰恰符合習近平主席去見俄羅斯普丁所說，要推動百年來未遇之變局”
我國外交部則在回應媒體詢問時表示，中方的行徑危險且極具挑釁，這種升高緊張及危險的舉措無助區域安全，並重申台海是國際水域，包括美國與加拿大軍艦進行符合國際法的行動，我國一向予以尊重。
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