PLA spokesperson remarks on US destroyer’s trespassing China’s territorial waters off Xisha Islands on July 13

BEIJING, July 13 — “On July 13, the guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG-65) trespassed into China’s territorial waters off Xisha Islands with out Chinese language authorities’s permission. The Chinese language PLA Southern Theater Command organized naval and air forces to conduct monitoring and monitoring on the US destroyer and warned it off,” mentioned Air Pressure Senior Colonel Tian Junli, spokesperson for the Chinese language PLA Southern Theater Command, in a written assertion on Wednesday.

The spokesperson identified that the US army’s transfer has significantly violated China’s sovereignty and safety, severely undermined peace and stability within the South China Sea, and breached worldwide legislation and norms governing worldwide relations. That is yet one more irrefutable proof of the US try and militarize the South China Sea via maritime hegemony.

“Details have as soon as once more proved that the US is nothing however a ‘safety threat maker within the South China Sea’ and a ‘destroyer of regional peace and stability’,” the PLA spokesperson remarked, including that the troops of the PLA Southern Theater Command will all the time keep on excessive alert and resolutely safeguard nationwide sovereignty and safety in addition to peace and stability within the South China Sea.