China’s Embassy here yesterday rejected a claim by a visiting US Admiral that hundreds of Chinese fishing vessels had trespassed last year in Ecuador’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
At a function yesterday at State House, visiting Commander of the U.S. Southern Command, Admiral Craig S. Faller said: “Illegal fishing is a global significant problem and it is impacting food security globally. We have seen recent incidents off the waters of Ecuador where a Chinese fishing fleet of up to 300 vessels was proven to have incurred into that economic zone”.
China’s Embassy here in a statement said that it has repeatedly denounced this allegation.
