(Ottawa Comprehensive News) As the tension between China and Canada further intensified, a Canadian frigate drove across the South China Sea this week.
According to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), the Canadian Ministry of Defense said that the frigates Calgary passed the South China Sea when they went to Vietnam from Brunei on Monday and Tuesday.
The Canadian Ministry of Defense spokesman LeBersril also confirmed that Calgary passed the waters near the Nansha Islands in the South China Sea.
A spokesman said that the route of South China Sea is the most operable route of this warship.It is reported that both China and the Philippines have claimed that they have sovereignty over the Nansha Islands, and the Chinese army still establishes facilities and add equipment.
A Canadian defense official who did not want to disclose his name said China has been monitoring during the period of the South China Sea.
Canadian officials have previously denied that the warships are trying to pass any information through the South China seawater area.However, a document shows that the warship must be discussed by the government's highest level before being approved by the South China Sea.
After the arrest of Huawei's chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou in 2018 in Canada in 2018, the relationship between the two countries has fallen into a trough.With the end of Meng Wanzhou's extradition case, Beijing recently tried closed doors in China for more than two years in China, Kangmingkai and Sipwo, which caused Sino -Canadian relations to be more tense.
