On July 11 Chinese Foreign Ministry
spokesman Liu Jianchao reiterated China's stance on opposing
the United States' arms sales to Taiwan and military
cooperation
between the two
sides.
Liu expressed China's grave
concern over a series of reports and rumors about US weapon
sales to Taiwan and military cooperation.
There is only one China in the world and Taiwan
is an inalienable part of the Chinese territory, Liu said.
The Taiwan issue is China's internal affair which other
countries have no right to meddle in.
Taiwan is not a dependency of the United States,
and the latter 's arms sales will severely interfere in
China's internal affairs, undermine the Chinese government's
efforts to peacefully resolve the Taiwan problem, damage
Sino-US relations and wreck peace and stability across the
Taiwan Straits, he said.
He said
China has always opposed to US arms sales to Taiwan, and
repeatedly negotiated with the US side on this issue. The US
side is very clear about China's position.
China urged the United States to be aware of the
seriousness of the problem, keep its commitments in the
three Sino-US joint communiques, especially the one signed
on August 17, 1982, to stop selling weapons to Taiwan, and
halt military and other official contacts with Taiwan, so as
to keep Sino-US relations and the mutual interests of the
two countries from being harmed.
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