Last Updated: February 22, 2024, 13:19 IST
China’s international ministry spokesperson Mao Ning attends a press convention in Beijing, China July 26, 2023. (Reuters File Photo)
China condemns US delegation go to to Taiwan as interference. Chinese Foreign Ministry urges adherence to one-China precept, opposes official exchanges
China on Thursday condemned a US delegation go to to Taiwan as “interference”, after the chairman of the House of Representatives committee on China arrived on the self-ruled island with 4 different lawmakers.
“China always resolutely opposes any form of official exchange between the United States and Taiwan authorities, and resolutely opposes the United States’ interference in Taiwan affairs in any way or under any pretext,” international ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning informed a daily press convention.
Mike Gallagher heads the five-member delegation that met Thursday with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen and Vice President Lai Ching-te, who received final month’s presidential election and can take workplace in May. “We urge the United States to recognise the extreme complexity and sensitivity of the Taiwan issue,” Mao stated, urging the US to adhere to the “one-China principle” and cease official exchanges with Taiwan.
The chairman of the US House of Representatives committee on China stated Thursday that assist in his nation’s legislature for Taiwan was “extremely strong”, after a gathering with the self-ruled island’s prime management. “I actually think support for Taiwan in the United States Congress… I see growing and extremely strong support for Taiwan,” Gallagher informed reporters.
The United States is Taiwan’s most necessary ally, and the island has been on the centre of tensions with China, which claims it as its territory and has not dominated out using drive to convey it underneath Beijing’s management. Gallagher, a vocal critic of China, added that he believed US assist for Taiwan can be unaffected by the results of his nation’s 2024 presidential election.
“I am very confident that support for Taiwan will continue regardless of who occupies the White House,” he stated. He additionally warned Beijing towards any try to invade Taiwan, saying to achieve this can be “incredibly foolish”. “If Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party were to ever make the incredibly foolish decision to attempt an invasion of Taiwan… that effort would fail,” he stated in the course of the assembly with Lai. Earlier, President Tsai welcomed the US lawmakers, saying the go to demonstrated “staunch US support for Taiwan’s democracy through concrete action”.
“We will continue to advance our international partnerships and engage with the world. In 2024, we hope to see even more Taiwan-US exchanges in a range of domains,” she stated. The delegation will keep till Saturday as half of a bigger go to to the area, the American Institute in Taiwan, Washington’s de facto embassy in Taipei stated in a press release.
