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A US aircraft carrier conducts operations in the Philippine Sea amid rising tensions with China

MADRID, 4 Ago.

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A US aircraft carrier conducts operations in the Philippine Sea amid rising tensions with China

MADRID, 4 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The aircraft carrier of the United States Navy 'USS Ronald Reagan' began a series of operations in the Philippine Sea on Thursday due to the increase in tension with China after the visit to Taiwan of the president of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi.

A spokesman for the US Seventh Fleet has indicated that the ship is on a mission in the western Pacific southeast of Taiwan. "The 'USS Ronald Reagan' continues to operate her routinely in the Philippine Sea as planned," she said, according to a statement.

Thus, he has indicated that these are routine patrol tasks "in support of an open and free Indo-Pacific region." This ship is the only one of the United States Navy currently deployed in the area and its base is located in Yokosuka, Japan.

This same Thursday, the Taiwan authorities have denounced that China is carrying out "irrational activities" after the start of a series of military maneuvers near the island.

"The Taiwanese Armed Forces are operating as usual and monitoring our surroundings in response to China's activities, which seek to change the 'status quo' and destabilize the security of the region," the Taiwanese Defense Ministry said.

China's military exercises are scheduled to last until Sunday. Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday night as part of a visit that lasted less than 24 hours but has sparked controversy and has drawn strong criticism from the Chinese government, which considers the island one more province under its sovereignty.