Beijing, 4 Apr (ZXS) -- French President Emmanuel Macron recently said that Europe should not follow either the United States or China on the Taiwan issue. In this regard, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a regular news conference on 10 July that he hoped that all countries would clearly understand the essence of the Taiwan issue, continue to abide by the one-China principle, and firmly oppose all forms of "Taiwan independence" separatist activities.
A reporter asked, Macron said in an interview on the 9th that Europe should not follow either the United States or China on the Taiwan issue, and Europe should not be involved in a crisis that has nothing to do with itself. What is China's comment on President Macron's statement?
Wang Wenbin pointed out: The Taiwan issue is purely China's internal affair, and the one-China principle is the universal consensus of the international community and the basic norm governing international relations. At present, the biggest threat to peace in the Taiwan Strait is the separatist activities of "Taiwan independence" and the connivance and support of the US side. We hope that all countries will clearly understand the essence of the Taiwan issue, continue to abide by the one-China principle, and firmly oppose all forms of "Taiwan independence" separatist activities.
At the press conference, Wang Wenbin also introduced the results of Macron's visit to China as asked. He said: This is the first visit by a European head of state to China after China's comprehensive resumption of foreign exchanges and the successful convening of the National Two Sessions. During the visit, President Xi Jinping and President Macron conducted friendly, in-depth and high-quality exchanges in Beijing and Guangzhou, reached a series of strategic consensuses, and pointed out the direction and blueprint for China-France cooperation at the bilateral, China-EU and global levels. Premier Li Qiang and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Zhao Leji met with President Macron.
Wang Wenbin said that the heads of state of China and France unanimously agreed that as permanent members of the UN Security Council and independent major countries, the two countries have the ability and responsibility to transcend differences and constraints, adhere to the general direction of stability, reciprocity, pioneering and upward China-France comprehensive strategic partnership, and jointly promote world peace, stability and development. The two sides agreed to maintain close communication and high-level exchanges between heads of state and hold a new meeting of the three high-level dialogue mechanisms of strategy, economy, finance and people-to-people exchanges between China and France within the year. The two sides agreed to deepen mutually beneficial cooperation in aerospace, agriculture and food, green and other fields on the basis of complementary advantages, so as to contribute to the development and revitalization of the two countries. The Chinese side welcomes the French side as the guest of honor at the 2024 China International Fair for Trade in Services and the 2024th China International Import Expo. The two sides will take the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France in <> and the Sino-French Year of Culture and Tourism as an opportunity to comprehensively restart exchanges and cooperation between the two countries in various fields such as culture, education, tourism, sports and art. The two sides agreed to deepen the China-EU comprehensive strategic partnership, comprehensively restart exchanges at all levels, and activate mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields. The two sides will also support each other's multilateral concepts and initiatives, work together to address global challenges such as climate change, biodiversity protection, and food security, and jointly improve global governance. The two heads of state also had an in-depth exchange of views on the Ukraine crisis and agreed to continue to strengthen communication and play a constructive role in promoting peace and promoting a political solution to the crisis.
Wang Wenbin said that during the visit, the two sides signed nearly 40 intergovernmental agreements and commercial contracts, covering aviation, science and technology, education, agriculture and other fields. The two sides also signed a joint statement with China to plan for cooperation in various fields between the two countries in the next stage. (End)