China launches a missile in the Pacific, the test on the day of the exercises with Russia

The test took place on the day the Beijing and Moscow navies begin their annual naval exercises off Qingdaoa large military port and seaside resort in eastern China.

“This test launch It is part of China’s routine annual military exercises“, the Chinese navy wrote in the statement. “A prior notification has been sent to the affected countries, in accordance with international law and international practices. The launch is not directed against any particular country or target,” he stressed. Papua New Guinea’s foreign affairs minister and a New Zealand government source had earlier said that China was preparing to test a nuclear-capable missile in the Pacific. “Yes, China informed me about it. I personally received a call from the Chinese ambassador,” said the head of Papua New Guinea diplomacy, Justin Tkatchenko.

A New Zealand government source also confirmed to AFP that China had alerted them to an upcoming intercontinental ballistic missile test. They had not provided details on the missile’s expected impact zone. “The Pacific is an ocean of peace and we are deeply concerned by China’s testing of nuclear-capable weapons in the South Pacific,” Winston Peters, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United States, said in a statement. New Zealand. For his part, the Japan said it had urged China to reconsider its missile test launch “so that it does not pose a threat,” according to a joint statement from several Japanese ministries, released before the launch.