Canada announced: the frigate “Calgary” through the South China Sea

The Canadian frigate HMCS Calgary sailed through the South China Sea on the 29th and 30th of last month, the Canadian Department of National Defence said.

According to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a spokesman for the Canadian Department of National Defence revealed that the HMCS Calgary passed through the South China Sea on its way from Brunei to Vietnam on the 29th and 30th of last month, and a Canadian defense official, who asked not to be named, noted that the HMCS Calgary During the South China Sea, China has been monitoring the frigate.

The newspaper noted that Beijing and Ottawa have been increasingly tense since the arrest of Meng Wanzhou in Canada in 2018, followed by the arrest of two Canadians on charges of espionage in what is seen as retaliation against Canada, and that the Calgary’s passage through the South China Sea could exacerbate relations between China and Canada.