China ‘has no objection’ to US warship visit to Vietnam

China says it has no objection to a planned visit in March by a US aircraft career to Vietnam if the visit benefits regional peace and stability.

According to reports, the US and Vietnam have agreed for the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) to make a visit to the central port of Danang in March. Danang is the port to which the first US combat unit was deployed in the Vietnam War. The visit in March could bring the most US forces to Vietnam for the first time since the war ended in 1975.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday that Beijing had no objection to the visit.

“As long as this kind of military exchange between Vietnam and the United States is beneficial to regional peace and stability, then, of course, we have no objection,” said ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying.

She said Beijing was always happy to see countries developing friendly, cooperative relations.

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