Naval vessels from New Zealand and Australia sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, according to a statement from New Zealand Defence Minister Judith Collins on Thursday. The two ships sailed through the contested strait from 2pm local time on Wednesday in what Collins described as a routine activity consistent with international law.

Naval vessels from New Zealand and Australia sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, according to a statement from New Zealand Defence Minister Judith Collins on Thursday. The two ships sailed through the sensitive strait from 2 pm local time on Wednesday in what Collins described as a routine activity consistent with international law.

The destroyer Sazanami sailed through the waterway on its way to a multilateral exercise in the South China Sea, reports say A Japanese warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait between Taiwan and the Chinese mainland for the first time,