Chinese language international ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun stated on Friday the naval workouts “upheld security requirements {and professional} operations all through in accordance with related worldwide legal guidelines and worldwide practices”.
Controversial Australian Overseas Minister Penny Wong met her Chinese language counterpart Wang Yi on Friday on the sidelines of a Group of 20 assembly in South Africa, saying they’d focus on “protected {and professional} army conduct”.
The train occurred after a Folks’s Liberation Military Navy frigate, cruiser and replenishment vessel entered Australia’s maritime approaches final week, and travelled down Australia’s east coast this week, monitored by the navies and air forces of Australia and New Zealand.