Beijing has responded to Ottawa’s concerns about Chinese fighter jets harassing a Canadian surveillance plane in East Asia by warning it of potential “severe consequences” for any “risky provocation.”
“The U.N. Security Council has never authorized any country to carry out military surveillance in the seas and airspace of other countries in the name of enforcing sanctions,” foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said at a media briefing on Monday.
Canada and other countries in a U.S.-led effort are monitoring the observance of sanctions imposed on North Korea by the U.N. Security Security Council between 2006 and 2017 for its nuclear weapons program and ballistic missiles tests….