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'No justification' for China's 'aggressive' military drills in Taiwan Strait: G7
'No justification' for China's 'aggressive' military drills in Taiwan Strait: G7
Agence France-Presse
Published Aug 04, 2022 02:25 AM PHT
Taiwan Air Force pilots run toward F-16V fighter jets during a military drill inside the airbase during a military drill in Chiayi, Taiwan, on January 5, 2022. EPA-EFE/RITCHIE B. TONGO/FILE
BERLIN—The Group of Seven industrialized nations on Wednesday condemned military drills announced by China around Taiwan in the wake of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to the self-ruled island.
"There is no justification to use a visit as pretext for aggressive military activity in the Taiwan Strait" and China's "escalatory response risks increasing tensions and destabilizing the region", the G7 foreign ministers said in a statement.
Twenty-seven Chinese warplanes flew into Taiwan's air defense zone earlier Wednesday, said the self-ruled island which Beijing considers its territory.
"27 PLA aircraft... entered the surrounding area of (Republic of China) on August 3, 2022," the defense ministry said in a tweet.
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