United States Ministry of Foreign Affairs He said on Saturday that the United States was “deeply concerned” by China’s military exercises in the region. Taiwan Strait and around Taiwan, he strongly called for restraint.
“Using a normal, routine and democratic transition as an excuse for military provocations risks escalating tensions and erodes long-standing norms that have maintained peace and stability around the world for decades.” Taiwan Bosphorus,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
The ministry issued the statement after China ended two days of war games around Taiwan in which it simulated bomber attacks and conducted shipboarding exercises, which Taiwan condemned on Saturday as “blatant provocation”.
China, which claims to govern Taiwan democratically as its own territory, started the “Common Sword – 2024A” exercises three days after Lai Ching-te, whom Beijing calls a “separatist”, became the president of Taiwan.
Beijing said the drills were a “punishment” for Lai’s opening speech on Monday; where he said the two sides of the Taiwan Strait were “not interconnected”, which China saw as a declaration that they were two separate countries.