Ministry of Foreign Affairs on U.S. arms sales to Taiwan announced plans stated China's solemn position
9 21, the U.S. government regardless of China's repeated solemn representations, announced the sale to Taiwan of advanced weaponry, is Taiwan, "modified" its existing F-16A / B fighter aircraft, military aircraft parts to sell, and to provide training programs, totaling $ 5.852 billion. The Chinese Government and people express strong indignation. Zhang Zhijun, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs summoned the U.S. ambassador has been ordered to Locke, to the United States lodged a strong protest. Chinese Ambassador to the United States Ambassador Zhang also lodged a strong protest to the U.S. in Washington.
is only one China and Taiwan is part of Chinese territory. Taiwan issue is China's internal affairs, concerns China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, involving China's core interests, related to the 1.3 billion Chinese people's national feelings. China firmly opposes any foreign government to sell weapons to Taiwan, this position is consistent and clear. The United States set in disregard of China's repeated solemn representations, the so-called "Taiwan Relations Act" as an excuse to sell advanced weapons to Taiwan, a serious violation of the three joint communiques, especially the "August 17" Communique principles, serious interference in China's internal affairs, serious damage to China's national security and reunification, undermine China-US relations and peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. The Chinese government and people will never accept. Erroneous acts of the United States will inevitably to Sino-US relations, the two countries in military and security exchanges and cooperation in the areas of damage, the responsibility entirely on the U.S. side.
no one can shake the Chinese government and people to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity against external interference firm will. We urge the U.S. to fully recognize the high sensitivity of arms sales to Taiwan and serious harm, to respect China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, observe the three joint communiques and the basic norms governing international relations, to take immediate and effective measures to correct the error, revoke the sale of Wu plans to halt arms sales to Taiwan, stop US-Taiwan military ties, to avoid further damage to the stable development of Sino-US relations and the peaceful development of cross-strait relations momentum.
