The repeated harassment of a Canadian military plane by Chinese fighter jets in the North Pacific is “extremely troubling,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday.
The Department of National Defence (DND) confirmed media reporting earlier this week that its surveillance plane taking part in a mission to monitor U.N. sanctions evasion by North Korea had been regularly harassed while flying sorties in the region over a four-week mission last month.
“We obviously take this situation very seriously,” Trudeau said while announcing a land-claim settlement with the Siksika Nation in Alberta.
“So we will be bringing it up directly with Chinese officials and counterparts and ensuring that this doesn’t continue to be part of an escalatory pattern.”…
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