U.S. fighters sold to Taiwan are "international interference" China requested withdrawal 19:47 on August 19

The Chinese government is strongly opposed to the domestic politics that the US Trump administration is in the process of selling a new F16 fighter to Taiwan. It was.

US President Trump revealed on August 18 that he is proceeding with a new sale to Taiwan over 60 new F16 fighters, equivalent to $ 8 billion (approximately 850 billion yen in Japanese yen) Did.

In response to this, spokeswoman Xiang Xi of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China said at a press conference on the 19th that "China has repeatedly and repeatedly applied to the United States over the sale of F16 fighters to Taiwan," and protested several times. Made it clear.

On top of that, he rebelled strongly, saying, “The sale of weapons to Taiwan interferes with China's domestic affairs and undermines China's sovereignty and security interests.

"Taiwan issues are related to China's sovereignty and territorial conservation 'core interests', and the US immediately withdraws its arms sale plan and demands to cease military cooperation with Taiwan. All the consequences must be the responsibility of the American side, ”he said.