On February 21, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin hosted a regular press conference.
Question from a CCTV reporter: After the U.S. announced a US$100 million arms sales plan to Taiwan on February 7, the spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that China will take legitimate and powerful measures to firmly defend its sovereignty and security interests. Please wait and see. .
Does the spokesperson have any further information to provide?
In this regard, Wang Wenbin first stated that the US arms sales to the Taiwan region of China seriously violated the one-China principle and the provisions of the three Sino-US joint communiqués, especially the August 17 communiqué, which seriously damaged China's sovereignty and security interests and seriously damaged Sino-US relations. Peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, China firmly opposes and strongly condemns it.
Wang Wenbin pointed out that in order to safeguard China's sovereignty and security interests, in accordance with the relevant provisions of China's "Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law", the Chinese government has decided to impose sanctions on US military companies Raytheon Technologies and Lockheed Martin, which have long been involved in US arms sales to Taiwan. conduct countermeasures.
Wang Wenbin emphasized that China once again urges the U.S. government and relevant parties to abide by the one-China principle and the provisions of the three Sino-U.S. joint communiques, and stop arms sales to Taiwan and military ties between the U.S. and Taiwan.
China will continue to take all necessary measures according to the development of the situation to firmly safeguard its own sovereignty and security interests.
(CCTV reporter Zhu Ruomeng, Kong Linlin and Yang Yi)