French warships are also sailing through the Taiwan Strait...Third Western warship after China's siege exercise

Following countries around the world that have declared freedom of navigation, French warships have also passed through the Taiwan Strait, according to Taiwanese media, including the Free Times and the Yonhap News Agency.

According to sources, the frigate Prairial (F-731), belonging to the French Pacific Fleet, passed from south to north of the Taiwan Strait yesterday.

Taiwan's Defense Ministry also explained that a French warship passed through the Taiwan Strait from the night of the 28th to yesterday morning, and that the movements of the surrounding waters were normal at the time.

Taiwanese media said Western warships crossed the Channel for the third time after the U.S. guided missile destroyer Higgins and the Canadian frigate Vancouver after China's siege exercise on the 14th.

A military expert cited data from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and pointed out that the French warship has docked at Cebu Port in the Philippines for three days since the 22nd, and there is a possibility of sailing to Northeast Asia in addition to the Taiwan Strait.Warships from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan have passed the strait this year amid protests from China, which claims the Taiwan Strait as its territorial waters under the name of
{One China'.