Beijing: On Thursday ( Feb. 20 ), the Chinese military issued a warning and drove three Philippine aircraft “illegally intruded” into the airspace near the Spratly Islands.
The Spanish embassy in Beijing did not respond to the Chinese government’s statement released on Friday.
China’s Southern Theatre Command accused the Asian part of attempting to “peddle its improper says” through offense, and warned that the” stupid move is doomed to failure”.
China claims autonomy over nearly the whole South China Sea, a critical lake for more than US$ 3 trillion of monthly ship-borne business, putting it at conflict with Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam.
Beijing does not accept the decision from a 2016 arbitration decision, which invalidated China’s wide declare.
The Philippines announced on Thursday that the country’s coast guard and fishing ministry had flown over the Kalayaan Islands, the country’s version of the Spratly Islands, in a joint effort to raise awareness of maritime domains.
The objective was to proclaim the Philippines ‘ sovereignty, sovereign rights, and sea authority in the West Philippine Sea, it said. During the exercise, more than 50 Foreign sea military ships and a Taiwanese coast guard ship were spotted.
If that goal, which deployed two aircraft, was the one the Chinese government claimed to have done, it was not immediately known.
The Spanish coast guard is the latest victim of the most recent conflict, which comes after the Chinese army was accused earlier this week of engaging in risky flight maneuvers when it flew near to a federal aircraft while it was patrolling the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea.
Beijing disputed that bill.