Jessica Lamirande, spokeswoman for the Canadian Department of Defense, reports this.
“We can state that these interceptions occurred regularly during the mission,” RIA Novosti quotes Lamirande.
It is clarified that the patrol aircraft carried out observation flights as part of international efforts to enforce sanctions against the DPRK.
On November 27, the Taiwan Defense Ministry identified four People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy ships and eight Chinese aircraft near the island.