BEIJING, July 11 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese
Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao Thursday 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 ofthe
problem, keep its commitments in the three Sino-US joint communiques,
especially the one signed on August 17, 1982, to stopselling 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
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