'US on "China's Taiwan Encirclement Drills": Confident in Sufficient Capabilities to Ensure Peace'

On July 30 last year, Taiwanese soldiers lowering the flag at the flagpole in Taipei Liberty Square. [Image source=Yonhap News]

The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), the de facto U.S. embassy in Taiwan, stated on the 9th, "The United States is closely monitoring China's military exercises around Taiwan."

According to major foreign media, AIT explained, "We are confident that we have sufficient resources and capabilities to ensure peace and stability in the region and to fulfill our national security commitments."

They added, "Communication channels with the People's Republic of China (PRC) remain open, and we continue to urge restraint and the maintenance of the status quo."

China began military exercises encircling Taiwan in response to the meeting between Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy the previous day.

Colonel Sui, spokesperson for the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army responsible for Taiwan, announced, "The Eastern Theater Command will organize combat readiness patrols and 'Sharp Sword joint exercises' encircling Taiwan in the Taiwan Strait and the northern, southern, and eastern sea and air areas around Taiwan Island from the 8th to the 10th as planned."

The spokesperson explained, "This is a stern warning against the collusion and provocations of 'Taiwan independence' separatist forces and external forces, and an essential action to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity."

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