Taipei [Taiwan] September 14 (ANI) The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) has strongly denounced Beijing for distorting World War II-era agreements in a bid to strengthen its sovereignty claims over Taiwan, stating such narratives are legally unfounded, as reported by Taipei Times.
According to Taipei Times, Beijing held a large-scale navy parade on September 3 to commemorate the eightieth anniversary of the top of World War II, throughout which it highlighted the 1943 Cairo Declaration, the 1945 Potsdam Declaration and the 1951 Treaty of San Francisco.
China argued that Japan had returned Taiwan to Chinese rule beneath these wartime agreements. An AIT spokesperson countered that declare, stating that Beijing was intentionally misinterpreting historical past.
‘Beijing’s narrative is completely mistaken,’ the spokesperson mentioned, including that none of these paperwork decided Taiwan’s remaining standing. The AIT clarified that the legally binding San Francisco Treaty outmoded wartime statements and left Taiwan’s standing unresolved.
This aligns with feedback made earlier by Taiwanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (who emphasised that the Cairo and Potsdam declarations had been solely political statements of intent fairly than treaties.
The US has beforehand accused China of an identical distortion of UN Resolution 2758, with Washington warning that Beijing is once more rewriting historical past to isolate Taiwan diplomatically.
US Representative Chris Smith additionally launched a congressional decision final week condemning China’s ‘historic revisionism’ and its try to say unique credit score for the Allied victory in Asia.
Diplomatic sources in Taipei famous that Beijing is tying this 12 months’s commemorations to 3 ‘eightieth anniversaries’: the top of Japan’s occupation, the founding of the UN and what it calls ‘Taiwan Restoration.’ By coupling these narratives with navy shows, China seeks to reshape the postwar worldwide order, as cited by Taipei Times.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed the AIT’s stance, reiterating that the Republic of China and the People’s Republic of China ‘usually are not subordinate to at least one one other.’ The ministry accused Beijing of waging ‘authorized warfare’ to destabilise the area and vowed to keep up the ‘establishment.’
It additionally pledged nearer cooperation with the US and democratic allies to safeguard peace, stability and prosperity, as reported by Taipei Times. (ANI)