Beijing on Wednesday rejected Germany's accusations that Chinese military targeted a German aircraft with a laser during an EU military operation in the Red Sea.
"What Germany has said is fully inconsistent with the facts,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a live-streamed news conference in Beijing, Anadolu Agency reported.
Berlin on Tuesday summoned Chinese ambassador, accusing the Chinese military of using a laser to target a German aircraft participating in the EU operation ASPIDES.
“The Chinese navy’s escort missions in the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somalia, fulfill responsibility as a major country and contributes to safety of shipping lines,” Mao said.
The spokesperson urged the two sides for a “strengthened… fact-based and timely” communication to “avoid misunderstanding and miscalculation.”
According to the German magazine Spiegel, the aircraft involved was a German reconnaissance plane chartered for the mission. The incident occurred when the German aircraft came close to a Chinese frigate off the coast of Yemen.
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