(Beijing) The Ministry of National Defense said that media reports about Chinese warships irradiated with American reconnaissance aircraft did not match the facts.
In late February, the US Pacific Fleet pointed out that a Chinese warship launched a laser to a patrol aircraft of the US Navy.The patrol aircraft was flying above the international waters west of Guam at that time.
According to the official website of the Ministry of National Defense, his spokesman Ren Guoqiang answered reporters the day before yesterday, saying that reports from the US media did not match the facts.
Ren Guoqiang said that on February 17, the Chinese Navy formation exercised in the Gonghai Organization.In the meantime, a P-8A anti-submarine patrol aircraft of the U.S. military regardless of China ’s many warnings, and the Chinese ship formation was nearly implemented for a long time and low height.
In the whole process of meeting with the US machine, the operation of Chinese ships is safe, standardized, and professional, which is in line with relevant international law and international practice.On the contrary, the behavior of US aircraft is not friendly, and it is unprofessional in operation, which has a serious threat to the safety of the ship and personnel of both parties.The Chinese side resolutely opposed it and proposed to the United States with a serious negotiation.Ren Guoqiang said: We require the United States to immediately stop similar provocative dangerous actions, stop accusing China for no reason to discredit, so as not to damage the overall situation of the relationship between China and the United States.
