Germany summoned the Chinese ambassador to the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday after saying China’s military had laser targeted a German aircraft taking part in an EU operation in the Red Sea.

China disputed Germany’s accusation that one if its warships behaved dangerously toward a military aircraft in the Red Sea, an incident that Chancellor Friedrich Merz called “totally unacceptable.”The foreign ministry in Berlin summoned China’s ambassador this week after an investigation determined that one of its surveillance planes had been targeted with a laser in the Red Sea in early July.