China reiterated its strong opposition to any kind of official contact between the United States and Taiwan.
Beijing has reaffirmed its sovereignty over Taiwan and said that no person or entity has the power to prevent China from attaining its objective of complete national reunification.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning declared at a press conference in Beijing on Friday that China vehemently rejects any kind of official contact between the United States and Taiwan. It is worth noting that Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen is stopping over in the United States en route to Central America.
“We have time and again made our position clear on the so-called ‘transit’ for Tsai Ing-wen to go to the US. China firmly opposes any form of official interaction between the United States and the Taiwan region. We firmly oppose any visit by the leader of the Taiwan region to the United States in any name or under whatever pretext, and we firmly oppose the US government having any form of contact with the Taiwan authorities,” she said.
The top Chinese official considered the reported trip not so much a ‘transit’, arguing that it is an “attempt to seek breakthroughs and propagate Taiwan secessionism.”
“I want to emphasize that whatever the Taiwan authorities say and do, they cannot change the basic fact that Taiwan is part of China’s territory. No individual or force can stop China from achieving national reunification,” she further added.
During a meeting in Beijing with the head of the National Committee on US-China relations, senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi urged the US to apply the high-level consensus reached by the US and Chinese Presidents last year.
Source: Almayadeen
