Renewal of equipment for the Taiwan Navy Concerns over deterioration of China's repulsion due to successful bid by French company May 14 9:52
There is concern that the Chinese government will strongly oppose France's plan to sell weapons to Taiwan over the successful bid by a French company to upgrade the equipment of Taiwan's naval vessels, and there is concern that the relationship between the two countries will deteriorate.
Last month, Taiwanese officials announced that a French company had won a bid for more than 2.88 billion yen in Japanese yen to upgrade the equipment on a naval vessel.
This means that the target ship was purchased by Taiwan approximately 30 years ago from France, this time updating the missile jamming system.
In response to this, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Zhongqing responded at a press conference on the 13th, saying "I strongly oppose foreign countries selling weapons and conducting military exchanges with Taiwan." We demand that we withdraw the plan and not damage China-France relations. "
On the other hand, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not changed the policy of respecting "one China" for NHK's coverage, but did not refer to the contract over the Taiwanese ship "In the midst of the crisis of the new coronavirus, all concerns and Efforts should go to the fight against the pandemic. "
According to AFP news, when France sold its ship to Taiwan in 1991, China temporarily frozen its diplomatic relations with France, and there is concern that the bilateral relations may deteriorate in the future.