(UPDATE) BEIJING — China on Saturday accused Berlin of heightening security risks in the Taiwan Strait, a day after two German military vessels sailed through the sensitive waterway.
BEIJING — China on Saturday accused Berlin of heightening security risks in the Taiwan Strait, a day after two German military vessels sailed through the sensitive waterway.German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius confirmed on Friday that the frigate Baden-Wuerttemberg and the supply vessel Frankfurt am Main sailed through the strait.'The German side's behavior increases security risks and sends incorrect signals,' Chinese military spokesman Li Xi said in a statement.
The German Navy’s Berlin-class replenishing ship A 1412 Frankfurt am Main leaves its home port Wilhelmshaven in northwestern Germany for Indo-Pacific deployment on May 7, 2024. AFP FILE PHOTOUnited States military ships, as well as those operated by other countries, have often sailed through the strait.But the Baden-Wuerttemberg's voyage was the first time in more than two decades that Berlin's navy had done so, German media reports said.
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