A US underwater drone seized by the Chinese navy in the contentious South China Sea has now been returned, BBC reported.
The drone was handed over some 92km north-west of Subic Bay in the Philippines, officials said.
China seized the vehicle in international waters, in one of the most serious confrontations between the powers in decades.
"After friendly consultations between the Chinese and US sides, the handover was smoothly completed at midday," China's defence ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
The Pentagon had said the drone, known as an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), was being used to carry out scientific research at the time it was captured.
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