Taiwan-PLA Beijing: Chinese armed forces have conducted a joint patrol involving multiple services and arms in the waters and airspace around the Taiwan Island, a spokesman for the Chinese army's Eastern Theater Command said on Wednesday.
On Monday, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense said that 30 Chinese military aircraft entered its airspace in the southwest.
Senior Colonel Shi Yi, spokesperson for the PLA Eastern Theater Command, said, "The Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has recently organized joint combat-readiness security patrol involving multiple services and arms in the waters and airspace around the Taiwan Island."
Justifying the move, he said that its was a necessary response to the collusion activities between the US and the "Taiwan independence" forces.
He also slammed the US for its moves on Taiwan and said that openly and secretly emboldening and supporting the ‘Taiwan independence’ forces, which will "put Taiwan in a dangerous situation and bring serious consequences to itself".
"Taiwan is a part of China. The troops of the PLA Eastern Theater Command have been continuously strengthening combat-readiness training and improving their duty-performing capabilities, in a bid to resolutely thwart any external forces' interference and secessionist attempts for ‘Taiwan independence'," he added.
(With UNI inputs)
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