USS Barry undertook a ‘freedom of navigation operation’ on Tuesday. FMTNews China
WASHINGTON: A US Navy guided-missile destroyer sailed through waters near the Paracel islands in the South China Sea challenging China’s claim to the area, the Navy said Wednesday.
The US sought to assert the “rights, freedoms and lawful uses of the sea recognised in international law,” the Navy said in a statement. The move came amid a rise in US-China tensions over the novel coronavirus epidemic, in which Washington has accused Beijing of hiding and downplaying the initial outbreak in December and January in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
The PLA accused the US of “provocative acts” that “seriously violated international law and China’s sovereignty and security interests.”
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