China has agreed to return a US navy submarine drone seized by the Chinese navy in the South China Sea following a formal protest from Washington.
“We have registered our objection to China’s unlawful seizure of a US unmanned underwater vehicle operating in international waters in the South China Sea,” said Peter Cook, Pentagon spokesman. “Through direct engagement with Chinese authorities, we have secured an understanding that the Chinese will return the UUV (drone) to the US.”
The seizure of the drone by the Chinese navy marked a sharp escalation in already rising tensions between the two countries.
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