China News Service, March 2 (Xinhua) Ma Xiaoguang, a spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said in response to inquiries on the 2nd that we firmly oppose the sale of arms by the United States to Taiwan.
We urge the US side 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, stop playing with fire on the Taiwan issue, and handle the Taiwan issue with prudence.
A reporter asked: According to media reports, relevant departments of the US government have recently decided to sell arms sales items worth about US$619 million to the Taiwan region of China.
Any comments on this?
In this regard, Ma Xiaoguang responded that we firmly oppose the sale of arms by the United States to the Taiwan region of China.
The US arms sales have seriously violated the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiqués, especially the provisions of the "August 17" communiqué.
We urge the US side 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, stop playing with fire on the Taiwan issue, and handle the Taiwan issue with prudence.
We are telling the DPP authorities that their attempts to "reject reunification with force" and "rely on the United States to seek independence" are doomed to fail.