Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned China’s actions against Canadian aircraft that were part of a multi-pronged UN mission over the Pacific to impose sanctions on North Korea.

“China’s actions are irresponsible and provocative, and we will continue to emphasize that they endanger people while not complying with UN resolutions,” he said at a press conference in Montreal.

Last week, the Canadian military accused Chinese aircraft of “failing to comply with international safety standards on several occasions and endangering Canadian aircrews.”

The Canadian military said in a statement that “a Chinese aircraft attempted to distract a Canadian patrol aircraft and the crew had to quickly change direction to avoid a possible collision with Chinese aircraft,” and added that such actions were “alarming and increasing.” frequency.”

For its part, Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Wu Qian said that China “has taken prompt, reasonable, decisive and professional action in response to Canada’s provocative, unfriendly and unprofessional actions.”

In a statement, Wu Qian said, “Canada has stepped up intelligence operations near China under the pretext of imposing United Nations sanctions against North Korea,” adding that Canada “will be held accountable for any serious consequences” for what he called “ours.” dangerous and provocative actions.

China claims sovereignty over several small islands in the South China Sea and claims that the area around these islands is part of its territorial waters and airspace.