Fires were lit by the approval of the US Congress of a new aid package to Taiwan height 8 billion dollars, with the Beijing to warn that the increase in US military support for Taiwan is only intensifying “the risk of conflict”.
“I would like to emphasize that strengthening military ties between the US and Taiwan will not deliver security in Taiwan”, said today, Wednesday 4/24, Wang Wenbin, representative of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Wang added that this new aid would “simply heighten tension and increase the risk of conflict on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.”
The US Congress last night, Tuesday (23/4), finally approved a massive $95 billion military aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
Taiwan’s president-elect Lai Ching-te, who is due to take office on May 20, said the aid would “strengthen deterrence against authoritarianism” and “save peace”.
Beijing, which has not ruled out resorting to violence to regain control of Taiwan, warned today that it would take “decisive and effective measures to protect its sovereignty, security and territorial integrity”.
US military aid cannot “change the disastrous fate of Taiwan’s independence,” Wang stressed.
“The US should (…) stop arming Taiwan, stop creating new tensions in the Taiwan Strait, and stop endangering peace and stability on both sides of the Strait,” concluded the Chinese spokesperson. ministry.
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