Taipei [Taiwan], February 7 (ANI): Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) detected six sorties of Chinese PLA aircraft and seven PLAN vessels operating around its territorial waters up to 6 a.m. local time (UTC+8) on Saturday. Of the six aircraft sorties, five entered Taiwan’s southwestern and eastern Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).
In a post on X, the MND said: “6 sorties of PLA aircraft and 7 PLAN vessels operating around Taiwan were detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 5 out of 6 sorties entered Taiwan’s southwestern and eastern ADIZ. We have monitored the situation and responded.”
The announcement followed a Friday report in which the MND detected eight PLA aircraft sorties and six PLAN vessels. Of those eight sorties, six crossed the median line and entered Taiwan’s southwestern and eastern ADIZ. The MND posted: “8 sorties of PLA aircraft and 6 PLAN vessels operating around Taiwan were detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 6 out of 8 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan’s southwestern and eastern ADIZ. We have monitored the situation and responded.”
The reports come as the United States convened a meeting of several nations on critical minerals this week, seen as an effort to limit China’s dominance in that sector. Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping. In a Truth Social post, Trump described the call as “excellent,” confirmed a planned visit to China in April, and said relations with China “was an extremely good” one. He said the call covered trade, military issues, Taiwan, the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, China’s purchases of U.S. oil, gas and agricultural products, airplane engine deliveries, and other topics, adding that he expects many positive results in the next three years of his presidency regarding China. (ANI)
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