MADRID, 8 (EUROPA PRESS)
Taiwan’s Defense Ministry this Friday spotted at least 13 warplanes and three warships on its territory, which it attributes to China, a statement confirmed.
Through its Twitter account, the ministry has confirmed that at 06:00 local time it spotted the three Chinese Navy ships and 13 warplanes, four of which had penetrated its air defense space in the south-west of the island.
The Department of Defense has deployed fighter jets, naval vessels and ground-based missile launch systems in response to the invasion of its airspace while continuing to closely monitor the situation.
On the same Thursday, the Chinese Foreign Minister expressed his condemnation of the meeting held this Wednesday between Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy and Taiwan President Tsai Ing Wen, who remains in the United States.
The minister warned that China would take “firm and absolute action in defense of our sovereignty and territorial integrity” after the meeting, while the United States indicated that there was no reason for Beijing to “overreact” to the event.
On April 1, Taiwan also condemned the flight of 18 warplanes and four Navy ships around the island, detailing that a dozen of the planes crossed the so-called “Davis Line,” which marks the middle of the Taiwan Strait, beforehand they turned around.