Amid mounting tension, an Australian frigate has joined US warships in the South China Sea, near water suspected of being a Chinese ship drilling for oil.
And regional security sources said today, Wednesday, that an Australian frigate joined the American warships located near the place where the Chinese government exploration ship, Haiyang Daisy 8, is operating.
The Australian Ministry of Defense announced that the Australian frigate HMAS Parramatta joined the US ships as part of a joint training.
Earlier, a spokesman for the American command in the Indian Ocean, Nicole Schweigel, said that the American amphibious ship “USS” and the guided missile cruiser “USS Bunker Hill” had been deployed and operating in the South China Sea.
Washington accuses Beijing of exploiting the world’s concern to combat the outbreak of the Corona virus, to enhance its presence in the South China Sea.