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China avoided confirming this Friday whether it is carrying out a large-scale mobilization of military and coast guard ships in the East and South China Seas and asked Japan and other countries "not to overreact" or "fuel excessive interpretations" about its maritime operations.
In response to a question about information from the Japanese Ministry of Defense pointing to an unusually large presence of Chinese ships in waters near the archipelago, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian emphasized that China "has always pursued a defense policy of a defensive nature."
Lin affirmed that both the Navy and the Coast Guard of the country "operate strictly in accordance with Chinese national legislation and international law" in the relevant maritime areas.You can also read: Maduro trusts that the agreement with the US for the reception of migrants will be maintained
"Stakeholders do not need to fall into exaggerated interpretations, much less dedicate themselves to creating a malicious stir," the spokesperson pointed out. The Japanese government stated this Friday that it is following "with great interest" the information about a significant mobilization of dozens of Chinese ships in East Asian waters. Japan "regularly gathers and analyzes information on China's military movements with significant interest," said Japanese government spokesperson Minoru Kihara. In parallel, Taiwan's Ministry of Defense reported this Friday that it had detected, since 2:22 p.m. local time (06.22 GMT), incursions around the island by 24 Chinese aircraft, including J-10 fighter jets, H-6K bombers, KJ-500 early warning aircraft, and drones, of which 19 crossed the median line of the strait towards the airspace north, center, and southwest of the island. It is unusual for H-6K bombers, capable of carrying nuclear weapons, to participate in this type of incursion by the Chinese Army around Taiwan, which has been very frequent in recent years. According to Taipei, the aircraft operated alongside Chinese ships under what it described as "joint patrol combat readiness" maneuvers. The Taiwanese Army stated that it responded by mobilizing air and naval assets and ground-based missile systems. The exchange of statements between Beijing, Tokyo, and Taipei occurs at a time of high tension between China and Japan following words from the Japanese Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, who stated that a Chinese attack against Taiwan could put Japan in a "crisis situation" and justify the intervention of the Self-Defense Forces. Beijing called those statements "extremely serious" and has responded with a battery of diplomatic and economic measures, including travel advisories, new controls on Japanese seafood, and criticism of Tokyo's planned deployment of anti-missile systems on the Nansei Islands.
