On Wednesday, naval vessels from New Zealand and Australia sailed by way of the Taiwan Strait, a part of the South China Sea, a transfer Australia’s Division of Defence stated confirmed the nation’s dedication to an open, secure and affluent Indo-Pacific.
China, which claims democratically ruled Taiwan as its personal, says it alone workouts sovereignty and jurisdiction over the strait.
Each the US and Taiwan say the strait – a significant commerce route by way of which about half of world container ships cross – is a world waterway.
Australia has “constantly pressed China on peace and stability within the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait”, Australia’s International Minister Penny Wong stated in a speech to the United Nations Common Meeting on Saturday.
“We’ve got welcomed the resumption of chief and navy degree dialogue between the US and China,” Wong stated, in line with a transcript.
China claims practically the entire South China Sea, regardless of overlapping maritime claims by Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam, angering its neighbours.
