Taiwan requests China to stop military and political threats

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, the new president of Taiwan, William Lai Ching-te, in his inauguration speech, asked the Beijing authorities to stop their military and political threats against Taipei.

He is in a large crowd of people in front of the Japanese colonial era presidential office in central Taipei. , stated that peace is the only choice for China and Beijing should respect the choice of the Taiwanese people.

The new president of Taiwan once again called for talks with the Chinese authorities and added: I ask the Beijing authorities to stop the political and military pressure on Taiwan and assume their global responsibility towards Taiwan and for Maintain peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and the region, work hard to ensure that the world is free from the fear of a war.

He pointed out that we want to tell the world that Taiwan does not make any concessions for democracy and freedom. Peace is the only option and success is our goal for long-term peace and stability.

These statements are while Beijing has not reacted to it so far. Beijing has always called Lai a separatist who seeks Taiwan’s independence from China.

Meanwhile, since the announcement of William Lai’s victory in the country’s recent elections, Taiwan has faced increasing pressure from China, including conducting regular naval and military activities near this island.

Lay, who has been responsible for the past 4 years during the presidency of his former predecessor As the vice president, he stated that people should be realistic about these threats and Taiwan should show its will to defend itself.

He noted, dear fellow citizens, we have ideals for peace, but we should not have illusions. Citizens should understand this before China uses coercion to invade Taiwan: Even if we accept all of China’s claims and surrender our sovereignty, China’s ambition to annex Taiwan will not disappear. Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, while congratulating told William Lai that the United States seeks to work with him to advance common interests and values, deepen long-term informal ties, and maintain peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.

Meanwhile, last week informed sources reported that the US and Taiwan had held a joint exercise in the Pacific last month in silence.

According to this report, this exercise included visits and training maneuvers and was held quietly and in silence, and due to China’s interference in Any military activity between Washington and Taipei was not officially confirmed.

Washington and Taipei have increased their military cooperation in recent years amid China’s daily attacks on Taiwan’s air defense zone and the holding of Chinese military exercises near this island.

China always claims that Taiwan should be under the sovereignty of this country and for the past few years it has tried to subjugate Taiwan by carrying out military operations near this island, but the government of Taiwan has always declared that It has an independent government and the people of this country must decide their own destiny.

The United States in 1979, while officially establishing diplomatic relations with the Chinese government, relations with Taiwan set aside While the US insists on the “One China” policy, it does not support China’s claim of sovereignty over Taiwan and remains a key military supporter of Taipei.

A few days ago, the government In its foreign aid bill, America allocated about 8 billion dollars to Taiwan to fight against China.

This is despite the fact that America is always the most important international supporter of Taiwan and the main supplier of weapons to this country, despite the lack of official diplomatic relations. China, which always considers Taiwan to be part of the territory of China, has repeatedly asked Washington to stop selling weapons to Taiwan.

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