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21 September 2022
by Ridzwan Rahmat
Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate HMCS
Vancouver
seen here from USS
Higgins
. The ships conducted a joint transit of the Taiwan Strait on 20 September 2022.
(US Navy)
A Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Halifax-class frigate has conducted a joint transit through the Taiwan Strait with a US Navy (USN) Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, marking the first such operation by the two services in the contentious waterway.
The operation involved HMCS
Vancouver
(331), the RCN’s second Halifax-class warship, and USS
Higgins
(76), the USN’s 26th Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer.
The transit was conducted on 20 September “through waters where high seas freedoms of navigation and overflight apply in accordance with international law”, according to a statement issued by the US Seventh Fleet public affairs office on the same day.
“The ships transited through a corridor in the strait that is beyond the territorial sea of any coastal state.
Higgins’
and
Vancouver’s
transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the commitment of the United States and our allies and partners to a free and open Indo-Pacific.”
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