Canada to Increase Warship Presence in Taiwan Strait: Foreign Affairs Minister

Canada to Increase Warship Presence in Taiwan Strait: Foreign Affairs Minister
Canada's navy warship HMCS Winnipeg sits dockside in Vancouver, B.C., Canada, on June 10, 2014. Jimmy Jeong/The Canadian Press
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Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada is planning to increase its number of warships in the Taiwan Strait as a message to China that the waters are not its national property.

“We will continue to enforce the international rules-based order when it comes to the Taiwan Strait. And that’s why also we had a frigate going through the Taiwan Strait this summer, along with the Americans, [and] we’re looking to have more frigates going through it,” Joly told the Financial Times.