BEIJING, April 17 (Xinhua) — The entry of a Japan Self-Defense Forces vessel into the Taiwan Strait severely threatens China’s sovereignty and safety, and China firmly opposes it and has lodged sturdy protest with Japan, Chinese international ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun stated on Friday.
Guo stated at an everyday press briefing that the Chinese army has dealt with the entry in accordance with legal guidelines and rules.
Noting that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s misguided remarks on Taiwan have already inflicted severe injury on China-Japan relations, Guo stated Japan’s dispatch of the Self-Defense Forces vessel into the Taiwan Strait to brandish its army may and interact in deliberate provocation is compounding the error.
“It once again exposes the dangerous attempt of certain individuals in Japan to militarily interfere in the Taiwan Strait and undermine peace and stability across the Strait,” Guo stated, including that these strikes additionally severely injury the political basis of China-Japan relations.
The spokesperson harassed that the Taiwan query bears on China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, in addition to the political basis of China-Japan relations, and it constitutes a pink line that should not be crossed.
China as soon as once more urges the Japanese aspect to earnestly mirror on its errors, pull again from the brink, train prudence in its phrases and actions, and chorus from going additional down the incorrect path, Guo stated.