PLA Eastern Theater Command successfully completes military drills around Taiwan

The Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has accomplished all tasks in the series of joint military operations carried out recently in the waters and airspace around the Taiwan Island, a spokesperson with the Command said Wednesday.

The operations involving troops of multiple services effectively tested the armed forces' integrated combat ability, said Shi Yi, a spokesperson with the Command.

The Command will closely follow the development of the situation across the Taiwan Straits, continue to carry out military training for war preparedness, and organize normalized combat-readiness security patrols in the Taiwan Straits to defend China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, Shi said.

The military operations around the Taiwan Island began on the night of August 2, when Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, made a provocative visit to China's Taiwan region, disregarding repeated warnings from the Chinese side. The visit infringed on China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, violated the one-China principle and provisions in the three China-U.S. joint communiques, affected the political foundation of China-U.S. relations and undermined peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits.

The Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has accomplished all tasks in the series of joint military operations carried out recently in the waters and airspace around the Taiwan Island, a spokesperson with the Command said Wednesday.

The operations involving troops of multiple services effectively tested the armed forces' integrated combat ability, said Shi Yi, a spokesperson with the Command.

The Command will closely follow the development of the situation across the Taiwan Straits, continue to carry out military training for war preparedness, and organize normalized combat-readiness security patrols in the Taiwan Straits to defend China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, Shi said.

The military operations around the Taiwan Island began on the night of August 2, when Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, made a provocative visit to China's Taiwan region, disregarding repeated warnings from the Chinese side. The visit infringed on China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, violated the one-China principle and provisions in the three China-U.S. joint communiques, affected the political foundation of China-U.S. relations and undermined peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits.

(XINHUA)