![]() The Chinese coast guard described the ship's transit as "public hype".Ĭhinese vessels tailed the US ship "all the way", a spokesperson at China's coast guard said in a statement, adding that China will "resolutely" safeguard its sovereignty and security and maritime rights and interests.Ī security source told Reuters the US ship left the strait in the early hours of Thursday morning. ![]() 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 US Navy's 7th Fleet said on Thursday. TAIPEI - A US Coast Guard ship sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday (June 20) in a transit that China described as "public hype", after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken having wrapped up a high-profile, widely watched visit to Beijing a day earlier.
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