BEIJING, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) — China expresses robust dissatisfaction and agency opposition to a joint assertion by the United States, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) on Taiwan and maritime affairs, a international ministry spokesperson mentioned Tuesday.
Spokesperson Guo Jiakun made the remarks at an everyday press briefing in response to the assertion by the three nations, saying they’d interfered in China’s inner affairs and sought to slander and defame China.
Taiwan is an inalienable a part of China’s territory, and the Taiwan query is only China’s inner affair that brooks no exterior interference, Guo added.
The biggest menace to peace and stability throughout the Taiwan Strait at current is separatist actions looking for “Taiwan independence” and the connivance and help from exterior forces, the spokesperson mentioned, including that to safeguard cross-Strait peace and stability, it’s important to stick to the one-China precept and clearly oppose “Taiwan independence.”
Guo added that related nations ought to abide by the one-China precept, cease conniving at “Taiwan independence” separatist actions in any type, and chorus from sending flawed indicators to “Taiwan independence” separatist forces.
Noting that the present state of affairs within the South China Sea is mostly secure, Guo mentioned China has at all times firmly safeguarded its territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and pursuits, whereas committing itself to correctly resolving variations with related events by way of dialogue and session.
He pressured that related nations ought to respect the joint efforts of regional nations to resolve points and keep peace and stability by way of dialogue and session, and chorus from stoking tensions or upsetting confrontation.