The flight of an American plane over the Taiwan Strait and China's quick response

According to the report of Tasnim International News Agency, just hours after the talks between the US and China defense ministries, an American maritime patrol plane flew over the Taiwan Strait today.

According to this report, the US Navy's 7th Fleet announced in a statement that a US Army P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, which is also used for anti-missile operations, flew in international airspace over the Taiwan Strait.

The statement said that by flying over the Taiwan Strait, the United States has preserved the navigational rights and freedoms of all countries based on international law. The movement of this plane over the Taiwan Strait shows America's commitment to the free and open Indo-Pacific region.

The Ministry of Defense of Taiwan also said in this regard: This plane flew over the south of the Taiwan Strait and the Taiwan Army carefully evaluated the situation but did not observe anything unusual.

The Chinese government, in response to the flight of this plane over the Taiwan Strait, immediately flew several fighter jets over the strait to chase and intercept and issue a warning against this plane.

According to this report, US military ships and planes pass through the Taiwan Strait once a month.

Administered by the local government since 1949, Taiwan has retained the flag and some other symbols of the People's Republic of China that existed in mainland China before the Communist Party came to power in China. Beijing has always considered this island as an integral part of the Chinese motherland, and this position is supported by many countries, including Russia..

China always claims that Taiwan should be under the sovereignty of this country and has been trying to subjugate Taiwan by carrying out military operations near this island for the past three years, but the government of Taiwan has always declared that it has independent sovereignty and the people This country must decide for its own destiny.

In 1979, while officially establishing diplomatic relations with the Chinese government, the United States abandoned relations with Taiwan. While the US insists on a “one China” policy, it does not endorse China's claim to sovereignty over Taiwan and remains a key military supporter of Taipei.

At the same time, Beijing has repeatedly asked Washington, as Taiwan's largest arms supplier, to refrain from selling and sending weapons to the island in order to reduce tensions between the two countries..

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