Taiwan denounces the incursion of another 22 Chinese military aircraft into its airspace

Aug. 4 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Taiwan authorities have denounced this Thursday the incursion of another 22 Chinese military aircraft into their airspace a day after another 27 incursions were registered in the midst of an increase in tension due to the visit of the president of the United States House of Representatives. , Nancy Pelosi, to the island.

The Taiwanese Ministry of Defense has indicated in a statement that the planes include Su-30, J-16 and J-11 fighters. Taiwan, for its part, has deployed an air patrol to monitor and supervise the situation, while ordering the deployment of anti-aircraft missiles.

On Tuesday, the Chinese government announced the holding of military exercises starting this Thursday and ending on Sunday after Pelosi arrived on the island with a parliamentary delegation as part of her tour of Asia.

Chinese authorities were quick to condemn the visit, which they have referred to as “political provocation.” In addition, they have requested that “all necessary measures be taken to resolutely protect state sovereignty and territorial integrity.”

Links between China and the island of Taiwan were broken in 1949, after the forces of the nationalist Kuomintang party, led by Chiang Kai-shek, suffered a defeat in the civil war against the Communist Party and moved to that archipelago.

Relations between Taiwan and mainland China were restored only on a business and informal level in the late 1980s.

The fundamental policy of the Chinese government towards Taiwan is peaceful reunification under the “one country, two systems” principle.