Chinese warships demanded that the American destroyer to leave the area of the Islands.
Located in the South China sea, a warship of the Navy of the United States was near the Paracel Islands, claimed by China, which caused irritation in Beijing.
Chinese warships are in the same region, demanded that the American destroyer “DECATUR” leave the waters of the Islands, lying 230 km to the South of China.
The Chinese defense Ministry called Friday’s maneuvers “DECATUR” off the coast of disputable archipelago are illegal and provocative.
However, the defence ministries of both countries have recognized that the American destroyer was not included in dwenadzatiperstnuu zone surrounding the Islands, which the Chinese government considers its.
Beijing declared a great part of the vast South China sea as its territory, over the objections of a number of Asian countries, including the Philippines and Vietnam, which also have there own territorial claims.