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US warships sail through Taiwan Strait for first time since Pelosi visit

The US navy warship Antietam sailing in the Taiwan Strait on Sunday
The US navy warship Antietam sailing in the Taiwan Strait on Sunday. The ship and another US warship were moving through the strait, three US officials told Reuters, amid heightened tensions in the region. Photograph: US navy/Reuters

The US Navy said two warships were sailing through international waters in the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, in the first such operation since heightened tensions with China over the Taiwan visit of the US House speaker, Nancy Pelosi.

The guided-missile cruisers USS Antietam and USS Chancellorsville were conducting a “routine Taiwan Strait transit”, the US 7th fleet said in a statement.

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