The Ministry of Defense responded to the US arms sales to Taiwan: made solemn representations to the US

　　Chinanews.com, February 9. According to the "Ministry of Defense released" WeChat public account, on the 9th, the spokesperson of the Ministry of National Defense Wu Qian responded to a reporter's question about the US arms sales to Taiwan, saying that China expresses strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to this. made solemn representations to the U.S. side.

　　According to a question, according to reports, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency of the US Department of Defense announced on February 7 that the United States has approved the sale of about $100 million worth of Patriot missile defense system equipment and services to Taiwan.

Any comments on this please?

　　Wu Qian pointed out that the U.S. arms sales to China's Taiwan region seriously violated the one-China principle and the three Sino-U.S. joint communiqués, especially the August 17 communiqué. The relationship between the two countries and the two militaries is endangering the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait. China expresses strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to this, and lodged solemn representations with the US side.

　　There is only one China in the world, and Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory.

China strongly urges the US to immediately withdraw the above-mentioned arms sales plan to Taiwan, stop US-Taiwan military ties, and stop sending wrong signals to the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces, so as to avoid serious consequences for Sino-US military relations and peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.

　　Wu Qian said that Taiwan's future lies in national reunification, and Taiwan's security depends on the joint efforts of compatriots on both sides of the strait under the one-China principle, not the US arms sales to Taiwan.

The Chinese People's Liberation Army will take all necessary measures to firmly defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity, resolutely thwart any form of external interference and "Taiwan independence" separatist attempts, and continue to advance the process of national reunification.