Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Urges the United States to stop arms sales to Taiwan and military ties between the United States and Taiwan
On June 7, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning hosted a regular press conference.
Al Jazeera reporter asked: According to a statement issued by the US government, the US State Department has approved the sale of F16 fighter parts and related services to Taiwan, with an estimated price of US$80 million. What is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ comment on this?
Mao Ning data map. Mao Ning responded that the United States' sales of weapons to China's Taiwan region seriously violated the one-China principle and the three Sino-U.S. joint communiqués, especially the "August 17" communique, seriously violated China's sovereignty and security interests, and seriously damaged Sino-U.S. relations and peace across the Taiwan Strait. stability and sent a seriously wrong signal to the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces. China is strongly dissatisfied and firmly opposed to this.
She pointed out that facts have repeatedly proved that the biggest threat to peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and the biggest damage to the status quo of the Taiwan Strait is the separatist activities of the "Taiwan independence" forces and the connivance and support of external forces led by the United States. "Taiwan independence" and peace across the Taiwan Strait are incompatible. The Democratic Progressive Party authorities attempt to "use force to seek independence" and the United States insists on "using force to support independence". They are going against the trend of history, will only exacerbate tensions across the Taiwan Strait, and are destined to fail.
"The Taiwan issue is the core of China's core interests and the first insurmountable red line in Sino-U.S. relations." Mao Ning said, China urges the U.S. to abide by the one-China principle and the provisions of the three Sino-U.S. joint communiqués, stop arms sales to Taiwan and the U.S.-Taiwan military Contact us, stop creating tensions in the Taiwan Strait, stop jeopardizing peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, and stop going further down the wrong and dangerous path. China will take resolute and forceful measures to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity.