The exact location where these maneuvers will take place was not specified.
The announcement comes after the meeting in the state of California (west) between the Taiwanese president and the speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy.
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense said on Saturday that it had detected 3 warships and 13 aircraft of Chinese military forces around its territory in the past 24 hours.
Four of these aircraft had entered the island’s air defense identification zone, it added.
Taiwan “united” in the face of threats
China considers Taiwan a province that is part of its territory and advocates regaining its control one day, even by force if necessary.
The communist authorities in Beijing are trying to isolate this East Asian island internationally and are infuriated by contacts between Taiwanese leaders and representatives of other countries.
After the meeting near Los Angeles between Tsai and McCarthy, Beijing said Thursday that it would take “firm and effective measures to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
However, in Pingtan, an island in southwestern China that is considered the closest point between the domains of Beijing and Taiwan, there was no increase in military activity.
Tour guides led groups of hikers along the sunny shoreline, and some visitors gazed out over the choppy waters of the strait.
On the eve, AFP journalists saw a military tugboat and several helicopters of the Chinese Armed Forces in the vicinity of Pingtan, but it was not clear if they were linked to the exercises announced on Saturday.