China News Service, Beijing, April 7 (Reporter Liang Xiaohui) Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian hosted a regular press conference on the 7th.
A reporter asked: According to media reports, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to visit Taiwan on the 10th. What is China's comment on this?
Zhao Lijian: China firmly opposes any form of official exchanges between the US and Taiwan.
The US Congress is an integral part of the US government and should strictly abide by the one-China policy pursued by the US.
If Speaker of the House of Representatives Pelosi visits Taiwan, it will seriously violate the one-China principle and the three Sino-US joint communiques, seriously damage China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, seriously impact the political foundation of Sino-US relations, and send a serious message to the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces. error signal.
China firmly opposes this and has lodged solemn representations with the US.
The U.S. should abide by the one-China principle and the three Sino-U.S. joint communiques, immediately cancel Speaker Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, stop official exchanges between the U.S. and Taiwan, and take concrete actions to fulfill the U.S. commitment not to support "Taiwan independence".
If the U.S. goes its own way, China will take resolute and forceful measures to firmly defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and the U.S. must be fully responsible for all the consequences.
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