China-US agreement to manage maritime risks
China and the US agreed to manage maritime risks through ongoing dialogue. |
According to the international group Tasnim News Agency, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Beijing and Washington held meetings on maritime affairs, in which both countries agreed to continue discussions and manage maritime risks.
The Chinese government added: Last Friday, both sides expressed their views on the sea conditions. and shared and agreed to continue discussions about this and avoid misunderstandings and miscalculations.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China emphasized that Beijing expresses its deep concern about the violation of laws by Washington in the nearby waters and the movements that have taken place and asks the United States not to interfere in the conflict between China and its neighbors. refrain or avoid using the sea to control China.
The Ministry of Home Affairs stated that America should quickly stop supporting Taiwan and the island’s independence.
Washington and Taipei have increased their military cooperation in recent years amid China’s daily incursions into its territory. Taiwan’s air defense and holding exercises of the Chinese army near this island have increased.
Taiwan and China after the 1949 civil war that brought Mao Zedong to power reached, they separated. Since then, China has considered Taiwan as one of its territories that should eventually be rejoined by China. Over the past 4 years, the Chinese government has held regular military exercises around the Taiwan Strait, the most important of which were the extensive military exercises in 2022 and 2023.
China always It claims that Taiwan should be under the sovereignty of this country and has been trying to subjugate Taiwan for the past few years, but the government of Taiwan has always declared that it has independent sovereignty and the people of this country should decide their own destiny. /span>
In 1979, while officially establishing diplomatic relations with the Chinese government, the United States abandoned relations with Taiwan. 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.
China also asks America not to take sides in the South China Sea. This request was raised while Washington signed a security agreement with the Philippines in March of this year in order to protect the country in the event of an attack by another country.
© | Webangah News Hub has translated this news from the source of Tasnim News Agency |