Washington quyet dinh cu chien ham toi ho tong tau tham do cua My dang hoat dong o Bien Dong, sau su kien con tau nay cham tran cac tau cua Trung Quoc.
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| Khu truc ham USS Chung-hoon cua My. Anh: AP. |
Mot quan chuc giau ten trong Bo Quoc phong My dua ra thong bao nay hom qua. Tau khu truc duoc cu toi Bien Dong la USS Chung-hoon, co trang bi ngu loi va ten lua dan huong. Chien ham nay co can cu o Hawaii, voi thuy thu doan 275 nguoi. "USS Chung-hoon da co mat o do va se bao ve cho tau USNS Impeccable trong khi no tien hanh cac hoat dong hop phap tai day", quan chuc ke tren cho hay.
Trong khi do, Hai quan Trung Quoc to ra tuc gian vi thong tin tren. Bao China Daily hom nay dan nguon tin giau ten trong luc luong nay noi quyet dinh cua Washington la khong thich hop.
Mot nguon tin trong Hai quan Trung Quoc cho hay quan doi nuoc nay dang theo doi can than dong thai moi nhat cua phia My. Mot quan chuc khac binh luan rang viec My trien khai tau khu truc USS Chung-Hoon la dau hieu cho thay y dinh cua Lau Nam goc muon "tiep tuc gay ap luc" voi Trung Quoc.
USS Chung-hoon duoc cu toi vung bien nay sau khi Washington cao buoc 5 con tau cua Trung Quoc ap sat tau tham do cua Hai quan My USNS Impeccable hom 8/3, buoc tau nay phai thuc hien cac bien phap khan cap de tranh dung do. USNS la tau chuyen phat hien tau ngam cua doi phuong.
Washington cao buoc Bac Kinh khieu khich va yeu cau ho ton trong luat hang hai quoc te. Tuy nhien, Trung Quoc tuyen bo khong lam sai va to cao tau My vi pham luat quoc te va luat Trung Quoc. Cang thang nay dien ra chi vai tuan truoc khi Tong thong My Barack Obama va Chu tich Trung Quoc Ho Cam Dao gap nhau.
Quan he Bac Kinh - Washington tung lam vao khung hoang hoi thang 4/2001, sau khi may bay trinh sat cua My va vao phi co chien dau cua Trung Quoc. Vu dung do khien phi cong Trung Quoc thiet mang va may bay cua My phai ha canh khan cap xuong dao Hai Nam. 24 thanh vien phi hanh doan tren phi co nay bi giu 11 ngay.
Hai Ninh (theo AFP, Washington Post, Times)
