us approves arms sale to taiwan worth about $228 million, china announces countermeasures
2024-09-19
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chinese foreign ministry spokesman lin jian hosted a regular press conference on the 18th.
a reporter asked: according to reports, on september 17, the defense security cooperation agency of the u.s. department of defense issued a statement saying that the u.s. state department has approved a total of approximately us$228 million in arms sales to taiwan, including the return, maintenance, and reshipment of aircraft and related equipment. what is china's comment on this?
lin jian said that the sale of weapons by the united states to the taiwan region of china seriously violated the one-china principle and the provisions of the three sino-us joint communiqués, especially the "august 17" communiqué, seriously infringed upon china's sovereignty and security interests, damaged sino-us relations and peace and stability in the taiwan strait, and sent a wrong signal to the "taiwan independence" separatist forces. china strongly condemned and resolutely opposed it, and has lodged solemn representations with the united states. china has taken resolute countermeasures and announced that it will impose sanctions on nine us military-industrial enterprises. the united states continues to arm taiwan, supporting and encouraging lai ching-te and the dpp authorities to stubbornly promote "taiwan independence" and challenge the one-china principle. this fact once again proves that the biggest threat to peace and stability in the taiwan strait and the biggest damage to the status quo in the taiwan strait are the separatist activities of the "taiwan independence" forces and the connivance and support of external forces led by the united states. it must be pointed out that the dpp authorities' attempt to "seek independence by force" and the united states' insistence on "helping independence by force" will inevitably burn themselves and suffer the consequences, and will only end in failure.
kankan news reporter: quan xiaoxing
editor: chen weiqin
editor: wang yong
