A spokesperson of China's Permanent Mission to the United Nations said on Thursday that China opposes a planned Taiwan visit by Kelly Craft, the U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations.
According to media reports, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Craft will visit Taiwan. China firmly opposes it, said the spokesperson.
There is only one China in the world and the Taiwan region is an inalienable part of China's territory. The government of the People's Republic of China is the sole legitimate government representing the whole China. The United States made an explicit commitment on this in the three China-U.S. joint communiques, including the 1979 Joint Communique on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations. China firmly opposes any forms of official contacts between the United States and the Taiwan region. This position is consistent and clear, said the spokesperson.
The Taiwan question concerns China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and involves China's core interests. The one-China principle is widely recognized by the international community and is a basic norm of international relations affirmed by the UN General Assembly Resolution 2758, said the spokesperson.
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China says US will ‘pay dearly’ if its UN ambassador goes to Taiwan | Agencia EFE
ReplyDeleteChina warned the United States on Thursday that "it will pay dearly" if its ambassador to the UN, Kelly Craft, visits Taiwan, as she plans to do next week.
DeleteIn a statement, the Chinese mission to the United Nations urged the US to "stop its mad provocation, not to create new difficulties in China-US relations and in the cooperation of the two countries in the United Nations, and to stop going the wrong way." EFE-EPA