China warned America about arming Taiwan
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The statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China was issued in response to yesterday’s announcement by the US Department of Defense regarding the approval of the arms sales package to Taiwan worth about 2 billion dollars; A package that includes the so-called “Nasamz” missile systems that have been used in Ukraine.
The spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry stated that the sale of arms from the US to Taiwan severely violates the principle of “One China” as well as the three joint statements of China and the US, especially the statement of August 17, 1982. . This sales plan violates China’s sovereignty and security interests, harms Washington-Beijing relations and peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, and sends a very wrong message to the “Taiwan independence” separatist forces.
He emphasized: China strongly condemns and strongly opposes these actions and expresses its official protest to America. America’s decision to sell weapons to Taiwan as part of its efforts to contain China and advance the “Taiwan independence” plan has contradicted the pledges of American leaders not to support “Taiwan independence” and has overshadowed efforts to stabilize China-US relations. will give.
The Chinese diplomat clarified: Beijing wants Washington to stop arming Taiwan and refrain from any destabilizing actions on the Taiwan Strait. China will take resolute countermeasures to resolutely defend its national sovereignty, security and territorial integrity.
China considers the autonomous island of Taiwan as a part of its territory and considers the measures aimed at arming and supplying weapons to this island as a violation of the principle of “One China”. In response to Taiwan’s recent movements and military cooperation with the United States, Beijing has held large-scale exercises around the island in recent weeks and has not ruled out using the military option in order to reunify Taiwan and return the island to its motherland.
