US sails warship through Taiwan Strait after China's drills

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) conducts a routine on Taiwan Strait transit on Sunday, April 16, 2023. [AP Photo]

The United States Navy has sailed a warship through the Taiwan Strait in its first known transit since China carried out an encirclement exercise around self-ruled Taiwan.

The U.S. 7th Fleet said the transit through the strait by the USS Milius on Sunday was routine. The cruisers "transited through a corridor in the Strait that is beyond the territorial sea of any coastal State," the statement said.