“China is deeply concerned about this incident.

The United States and other countries involved in it should inform about the relevant details, ”TASS quoted Lijian as saying at a press conference.

He noted that the United States must report the exact location of the incident, the purpose of the campaign, details of what the submarine encountered, whether there was a radiation leak and whether the environment was harmed.

Earlier it became known that the US nuclear attack submarine USS Connecticut collided with an unknown underwater object in the international waters of the Indo-Pacific region.