The encounter comes at a tense time in U.S.-China relations.
The U.S. has released video of a Chinese warship sailing dangerously close to a Navy destroyer in the Taiwan Strait on Saturday.
The statement noted the U.S. destroyer and Canadian frigate HMCS Montreal were in the area “in accordance with international law.”
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