Earlier in the day, the island's green media "Liberty Times" stated that after Taiwan and the United States signed a "Memorandum on Establishing a Coast Guard Working Group" in March, they held their first joint drill 28 nautical miles off Hualien on the morning of August 10. Tai

Source: Global Network

[Global Network Report Reporter Yin Yanhui] On the afternoon of the 10th, Taiwan’s Coast Guard issued a press release denying media reports that the Taiwan-US Coast Guard held a joint exercise off the coast of Hualien today.

Earlier in the day, the island's green media "Liberty Times" stated that after Taiwan and the United States signed a "memorandum on establishing a maritime patrol working group" in March, they held their first joint drill 28 nautical miles off Hualien on the morning of August 10. A total of four Taiwanese warships of various types, including the 4,000-ton "Chiayi Ship", participated. The United States did not turn on navigation-related signals based on "confidentiality."

"Coast Patrol Agency" 4,000-ton "Chiayi Ship" (Photo source: Taiwan China Times News Network)

Taiwan's "Coast Patrol Agency" stated in a press release on the afternoon of the 10th that in recent years, in order to strengthen maritime patrol capabilities, it has actively prepared to build various For new ships and ships, in order to familiarize them with and adapt to the conditions in various sea areas, hydrographic and route tests around the island and related combined training are planned and implemented. "In response to media reports that Taiwan and the US Coast Guard held a joint exercise off the coast of Hualien today, it is not true."

"Lianhe Daily" reported late on the 10th that the "Coastal Patrol Administration" today claimed that the "Chiayi Ship" and the New Army's "Anping Ship" were performing routine hydrological familiarization training in local waters, and there was no US ship in the local waters. Ship sailing. "Lianhe Daily" learned that the Taiwan-US maritime patrol did have a joint maritime exercise recently. The "Chiayi Ship" and "Anping Ship" went to sea for training today as a preview.

It is worth noting that Taiwan’s Zhongshi News reported earlier that the Sixth Coast Guard of the Coast Guard Fleet Branch stated in an interview that there was indeed an exercise, but based on the principle of confidentiality, it was inconvenient to disclose any relevant details. Waiting for official announcement from the Coast Guard.

Zhao Jun, chief of the Public Relations Section of the Fleet Branch of the "Coast Patrol Administration", came forward to "clarify" again later on the 10th, claiming that in order to make the newly built ships familiar with and cope with the conditions of various sea areas, they planned to implement hydrographic and route tests and related combined training around the island. , and the Chiayi ship will be responsible for ocean support in the future and needs to conduct ocean training, so it was chosen to conduct routine sea area familiarization training off the coast of Hualien this morning. This is not the rumor that the Taiwan-US Coast Guard will hold a joint exercise off the coast of Hualien.

After seeing the response from the Coast Guard, some netizens on the island couldn't help but sarcastically said, "How can the flagship of the Coast Patrol act like a thief?! He is so sneaky that no one will know."

Some netizens expressed their dissatisfaction, saying, "Hualien Troublemakers are not welcome. If you want to practice, please go to the Presidential Palace. "

Taiwan's "Representative Office in the United States" and the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) jointly signed a "Memorandum on Establishing a Coast Guard Working Group" in March this year. Taiwan's "Coast Patrol Administration" stated that the main purpose is to provide Taiwan and the United States with coast patrol agency communication, cooperation and information exchange platform.

Wu Zhaoxie, the head of Taiwan’s foreign affairs department, once claimed that the memorandum was the first official document signed by the United States after the Biden administration took office, and it was an important milestone in Taiwan Strait cooperation.

Regarding the military collusion between Taiwan and the United States, Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, once said in response to inquiries that there is only one China in the world and Taiwan is part of China. We firmly oppose any form of military contact between the United States and China's Taiwan region.