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Wednesday, June 05, 2013

U.S. knows about Navy's routine missions in Spratlys

P-3C OrionThe United States is familiar with Taiwan's regular missions to the Spratly Islands, Vice Defense Minister Andrew Yang said Tuesday, dismissing reports of possible distrust between the two countries.

"There is no problem with the mutual trust between Taiwan and the United States," Yang said.

He was responding to reports that one of Taiwan's Lafayette frigates encountered a U.S. P-3C anti-submarine aircraft on May 25 while patrolling waters around Taiping Island, the largest island in the Spratlys in the South China Sea.

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