China is firmly opposed to the United
States’ plan of selling Maverick missiles to Taiwan, a
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman said at a press
conference on September 6.
Spokesman Zhu
Bangzao made the remark when asked to comment on the
statement by the U.S. Department of Defense on September 5
that the United States may sell 40 Maverick missiles to
Taiwan to arm its F-16 fighter jets.
Zhu said
that China is seriously concerned about this. Such an act by
the United States would send a wrong signal to the Taiwan
authorities and constitute a gross interference in
China’s internal affairs. China is firmly
opposed to this, he said.
Zhu said that the
three Sino-U.S. Joint Communiques are the basis for
Sino-U.S. relations, and U.S. arms sales to Taiwan will once
again violate the three joint communiques, especially the
one issued on August 17, 1982, and the relevant
commitments the U.S. side has made.
China
demands the United States realize the harm of arms sales to
Taiwan, adhere to the “one China” policy, the
three Sino-U.S. Joint Communiques and relevant commitments,
stop arms sales to Taiwan so as to avoid harming the
cross-straits relations and Sino-U.S. relations, Zhu
said.
Zhu said that U.S. arms sales to Taiwan
would be an encouragement to the island’s forces for
“independence,” will certainly have a negative
impact on the stability of the Taiwan Straits. It is not in
the interests of the development of the cross-straits
situation, the Sino-U.S. relations and not in the interests
of the United States, the spokesman said.
China is firmly opposed to the United
States’ plan of selling Maverick missiles to Taiwan, a
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman said at a press
conference on September 6.
Spokesman Zhu
Bangzao made the remark when asked to comment on the
statement by the U.S. Department of Defense on September 5
that the United States may sell 40 Maverick missiles to
Taiwan to arm its F-16 fighter jets.
Zhu said
that China is seriously concerned about this. Such an act by
the United States would send a wrong signal to the Taiwan
authorities and constitute a gross interference in
China’s internal affairs. China is firmly
opposed to this, he said.
Zhu said that the
three Sino-U.S. Joint Communiques are the basis for
Sino-U.S. relations, and U.S. arms sales to Taiwan will once
again violate the three joint communiques, especially the
one issued on August 17, 1982, and the relevant
commitments the U.S. side has made.
China
demands the United States realize the harm of arms sales to
Taiwan, adhere to the “one China” policy, the
three Sino-U.S. Joint Communiques and relevant commitments,
stop arms sales to Taiwan so as to avoid harming the
cross-straits relations and Sino-U.S. relations, Zhu
said.
Zhu said that U.S. arms sales to Taiwan
would be an encouragement to the island’s forces for
“independence,” will certainly have a negative
impact on the stability of the Taiwan Straits. It is not in
the interests of the development of the cross-straits
situation, the Sino-U.S. relations and not in the interests
of the United States, the spokesman said.
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