BEIJING, Nov 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. destroyer USS Rafael Peralta and a Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Ottawa transited the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, the U.S. 7th Fleet said in a statement, making their third joint transit in the region since June.
Taiwan's defence ministry said the two warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait in a northerly direction on Wednesday night, adding it monitored the movement and the situation was "normal."
The U.S. and Canadian navies made a similar transit in September.
In June, the U.S. navy released a video of what it called an "unsafe interaction" in the Taiwan Strait in which a Chinese warship crossed in front of a U.S. destroyer.
The U.S. destroyer USS Chung-Hoon and Canadian frigate Montreal were conducting a "routine" transit of the strait in June.
Persons:
Rafael Peralta, Hoon, Albee Zhang, Ryan Woo, Mou Lee, Simon Cameron, Moore
Organizations:
Royal Canadian Navy, U.S . 7th Fleet, People's Liberation Army Eastern Theater Command, U.S ., Montreal, Thomson
Locations:
BEIJING, U.S, Ottawa, Taiwan Strait, Taiwan, China, Canadian, Beijing