The Ministry of Foreign Affairs responds to the US approval of another US$2.4 billion in arms sales to Taiwan: China will take proper and necessary measures to firmly safeguard national sovereignty and security interests
At the regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 27, a reporter asked about the US$2.4 billion "Harpoon" coastal defense cruise missile system approved by the United States on Monday (26th).
In response, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin stated that the United States’ sales of weapons to Taiwan seriously violated the “One China” principle and the provisions of the three Sino-US joint communiqués, especially the provisions of the “817 Communiqué”, interfering in China’s internal affairs and seriously undermining China’s sovereignty and peace. Security interests have sent the wrong signal to the separatist forces of Taiwan independence and seriously damaged Sino-US relations and peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. China firmly opposes this.
China urges the US to abide by the "one China" principle and the provisions of the three Sino-US joint communiqués, stop arms sales to Taiwan and US-Taiwan military ties, and cancel the arms sales plan to Taiwan, so as not to cause further damage to Sino-US relations and peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.
China will take proper and necessary measures to firmly safeguard national sovereignty and security interests.
(CCTV reporter Wu Wenqian Yang Hongyang Kong Luyuan)