The German Foreign Ministry summoned the Chinese ambassador over the incident with the German plane

The Chinese ambassador was summoned to Germany due to the fact that during the Aspides naval mission of the European Union (EU), the Chinese military aimed a laser at a German plane in the Red Sea. This was announced on July 8 by the German Foreign Ministry on its page on the social network X (former. Twitter).

It is specified that the Chinese military used a laser installation to destroy a German aircraft as part of the operation.

"Endangering German personnel and interfering with deployment is completely unacceptable. The Chinese ambassador was summoned to [the Foreign Ministry] today," the statement said.

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Earlier, on April 23, it was reported that two people were killed in a plane crash in Germany. The aircraft crashed into the territory of the Salzgitter AG steel company in the city of Salzgitter (federal state of Lower Saxony).