The European Union has summoned the Chinese ambassador following an incident in which China's military allegedly targeted a German aircraft with a laser during an EU security mission in the Red Sea. China has denied the accusation.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has condemned the alleged use of a laser by a Chinese warship against a German military aircraft over the Red Sea, calling it "completely unacceptable. " "The possible laser attack on a military surveillance aircraft is completely unacceptable,

Germany said its aircraft was in the middle of a routine flight in support of the European Union's counter-Houthi mission.