Taipei, Taiwan (APP) – A stir of naval exercises around the Philippines about the United States and its partners have indicated Beijing’s complaints, which claims the whole claim. South China Sea And Manila has been accused of combining others to destabilize the region.
Japan -based US -based fleet said that Australia, Japan, the Philippines, and US forces on Wednesday organized a “multi -faceted maritime cooperative activity” within the Philippine special economic zone.
The fleet said in a news release, “Such exercises” strengthen the cooperation of our defense/armed forces’ beliefs, tactics, techniques and procedures. ” The Pantheri was happening in the Philippine zone, but the fleet did not give any details in the exact location.
This weekend, more exercises related to the United States, Japan and France were planned in the Philippines, which China does not claim.
This exercise is “designed to advance harmony and cooperation between the French, Japanese and US maritime forces, while simultaneously demonstrating capabilities in multi -domain operations.”
The Flat said that the US aircraft carrier Carl Winson, French carrier Charles de Gol and Japan’s Ezomo Class Multi -Functional District Caga will participate in the drill starting Saturday with their escorts and air wings.
France’s participation is especially important in the carrier strike group Rear Adam’s commander, Tolos 6,000 km (3,700 miles).
Meanwhile, China’s Southern Theater Command spokesman, Tian Jonley, on the Philippines, “combined with outdoor countries to organize so -called joint patrols,” the ‘so -called joint patrol’ to destabilize the region The Chinese state media said Thursday.
The Philippines’ actions are an attempt to verify its’ illegal claims’ in the South China Sea and “harm China’s maritime rights and interests,” Tian said. “He specifically pointed to the US Philippines joint patrols on Tuesday, saying that China had carried out its patrols in the region on Wednesday.
China is one of the six regional powers that claims to be a part of the state in Sounder or as a whole strategic South China, which ignored the UN -backed court’s decision that threw most of its claims. Dia and constructed human -made islands equipped with aircraft and other infrastructure. Military use. China’s Coast Guard and Marine Malaysian fellow contenders often confront Vietnam and Philippines ships.
Although it claims that it does not interfere with the sea shipping or over -flights, it is estimated at $ 5 trillion every year in global trade transport, but China is the hardship of foreign military shipping in the area. Opponent from
The waterway is believed to be sitting on a widespread reserves of oil and gas and while China says it wants to come to a dialogue agreement on sea use, much less progress than such efforts Has been
China says no one should say about matters about the United States and other countries that do not borders the sea, though the United States – which takes no formal stand on the issues of sovereignty in the sea – already The region has maintained bases and alliances. China formally claimed sovereignty using the so -called “eight dash line”.
Beijing is particularly angry at us over the “independence of navigation operations” in which naval ships travel near the Chinese -occupied maritime characteristics to show that Washington does not recognize China’s claims of sovereignty.
