People's Liberation Army Southern Theater: The United States is an out-and-out "security risk maker in the South China Sea"

Source: China News Network

Beijing, 20 Jan (China News Service) -- According to the WeChat public account of the Southern Theater of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Senior Colonel Tian Junli, spokesman for the Southern Theater, said that on 20 January, the US guided-missile destroyer "Benford" illegally broke into China's Territorial Waters of Xisha without the approval of the Chinese Government, and organized sea and air forces in the Southern Theater of the Chinese People's Liberation Army to follow up and monitor and warn them to drive away.

Tian Junli pointed out that the US act of seriously violating China's sovereignty and security is another ironclad proof that it has vigorously pursued navigation hegemony and created militarization in the South China Sea. Facts have fully proved that the United States is an out-and-out "security risk maker in the South China Sea" and the "biggest saboteur" of peace and stability in the South China Sea.

"We solemnly demand that the US side immediately stop such provocative acts, otherwise it will bear the serious consequences of the unexpected incidents caused by them." Tian Junli said that the theater troops always maintain a high state of alert and take resolute actions to safeguard national sovereignty and peace and stability in the South China Sea. (End)