(Taipei/Beijing Comprehensive News) The Taiwan government reports that as the president Lai Qingde's inauguration ceremony was approaching on May 20, the navigation and flight distance of the Chinese mainland military in the Taiwan Strait in recent weeks is compared to any previous than ever before.It is time to get close to Taiwan, and some military aircraft also launched a simulation attack on foreign ships entering the Taiwan Strait.
According to Reuters, two Taiwanese officials and an internal report of the Taiwanese government revealed that since the end of April, more and more continental military aircraft and warships have conducted exercises, including close close to the Taiwan Coast of 24 nautical miles (44 kilometers of 44 kilometers) Diandians.
The Taiwan National Defense Ministry of Defense reported on Tuesday (May 14) that a total of 23 various models including Yun-8, Su-30 and UAVs were detected on the day.The midline of the Strait enters the air defense identification zone in northern, central and southwestern Taiwan, and patrols with mainland warships.
A senior security official quoted the Taiwan government's intelligence that some of them made simulation attacks on foreign ships entering the southern or bus of the Taiwan Strait.
The official said, "They surround us like flies every day every day we surround us every day every day we surround us every day every day every day we surround us every day every day every day we surround us every day every day every day every day, we surround us every day like flies every day every day every day every day we surround us every day."Turn" , and pointed out that the flight mode, scale, and frequency of the recent military aircraft have changed.
In addition, from May 11th to 12th, the Taiwan Army detected about ten mainland vessels, including frigates and maritime ships, was moving around the Taiwan Strait, and some of them were close to Taiwan's connectivity.
Two Taiwanese officials said that mainland China usually dispatches only about four ships near Taiwan at a time, but since the end of April, "they have become more and more provocative."
For the activities of the mainland military around Taiwan, Sun Lianfang, spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense, said at the press conference on Tuesday (14th) that the waters and airspace dynamics around the Taiwan Strait, The Ministry of National Defense of Taiwan" closely mastered ".
Sun Langfang said that the peace and regional stability of the Taiwan Strait depends on the joint efforts of all parties. Any provocation actions have not helped regional peace and stability. He emphasized that the Taiwan army is not the "troublemaker" of the Taiwan Strait and will not do a provocative action.
On the other hand, the United States stated that it would send cross -party delegations to Taiwan to participate in the Taiwan inauguration ceremony held on May 20.
Comprehensive AFP and Reuters reported that the unknown US senior officials told the media that the members of the delegation include the director of the former National Economic Commission of Biden, Dis of the Democratic Party, the former Deputy Secretary of State of the United States, and the Republican Party AmitiQi, Bu Ruizhe, a former director of the United States Association in Taiwan, and Rosenberg, the current chairman of the Taiwan Association in Taiwan.
The above -mentioned U.S. officials said that the United States has sent cross -party delegations to participate in Taiwan in the past two decades, and said that if Beijing "responds to additional military pressure or coercion, it is the party."
