U.S. Navy, Coast Guard ships sail through Taiwan Strait, 8th transit under Biden

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U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100, left) and U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter Munro (WMSL 755). Photo from the U.S. Pacific Fleet's Facebook page

Taipei, Aug. 28 (CNA) A U.S. Navy ship and a Coast Guard vessel sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Friday, making the eighth transit under the Biden Administration after the president took office in January.

In a statement released on Friday, the U.S. Navy said the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd and the legend-class U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter Munro conducted routine transits through Taiwan Strait.

The Navy added the transit was conducted through international waters in accordance with international law.

"The ships' lawful transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the U.S. commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific," the U.S. Navy said. "The United States military flies, sails, and operates anywhere international law allows."

Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) confirmed on Saturday the transit of the two U.S. ships through the Taiwan Strait, one sailing south to north and the other from north to south.

The MND said the ministry has a full grasp of the latest transit of U.S military ships through the Taiwan Strait by using joint intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance tools to monitor movements at sea and in the air around Taiwan.

 

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