The interception of a Canadian military plane by Chinese fighter jets over international waters on Monday was unacceptable, dangerous and reckless, said Canada’s Defence Minister Bill Blair.
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The incident took place in international waters off the coast of China, said Global, which had a crew on the plane.
“I am very concerned about the unprofessional way in which this was done,” Blair said.
“It was quite frankly dangerous and reckless. And those types of behaviours are not ever acceptable and we will express that to the People’s Republic of China in the most appropriate way,” he continued, but did not give details.
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In June 2022, Canada’s military accused Chinese warplanes of harassing its patrol aircraft as they monitored North Korea sanction evasions, sometimes forcing Canadian planes to divert from their flight paths.
The encounter followed what Washington calls a recent trend of increasingly dangerous behaviour by Chinese military aircraft.
