The German Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that the Chinese military used a laser to target a German aircraft which was a part of the European Union's Naval Force (EUNAVFOR) military operation ASPIDES, APA reports citing breakingthenews.net.
"The endangerment of German personnel & disruption of the operation are completely unacceptable," the ministry said in a post on X, adding that China's Ambassador to Germany Deng Hongbo was summoned to the German Foreign Office regarding the incident.
Additionally, the Chinese ambassador was summoned to the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs.