The Chinese Army has denounced that this Thursday an American warship has illegally entered the waters the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea.

The spokesman for the Southern Stage Command, Air Force Colonel Tian Junli, explained that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has monitored and Warned Guided Missile Destroyer, according to Chinese state television CGTN.

Junli has ensured that this action “seriously undermines” peace and stability in the South China Sea region and that the Army will remain on alert and will take all necessary measures to “safeguard national sovereignty, security, peace, and stability in the region.”

Last July, the United States Navy aircraft carrier ‘USS Ronald Reagan’ entered the waters of the South China Sea. The latest escalation of tensions in the region began with the trip to the island of the then president of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosiin August of last year.

Taiwan has had an independent government since 1949, but China considers the territory under its sovereignty. The Chinese government’s fundamental policy towards Taiwan has so far been one of peaceful reunification under the “one country, two systems” principle.

The US affirms that it will continue sailing

The US Navy has responded to the Chinese military statement claiming to have ejected the ship by stating that it is “false”. “The USS Milius is conducting routine operations in the South China Sea and he was not expelled”They have indicated from the US army.

“America will continue flying, sailing and operating where permitted by international law,” he warned in a statement from the US Navy’s Seventh Fleet.