China is strongly against visits of US Congress delegations to Taiwan and any official communications between the US authorities and the region, Spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in Washington Liu Pengyu told TASS.
"Taiwan is an inalienable part of China. China firmly opposes the US having any form of official contact with the Taiwan region," the diplomat said, urging Washington to abide by the "one-China" principle.
"The US needs to earnestly abide by the one-China principle and stipulations of the three China-US joint communiques, prudently and properly handle Taiwan-related issues, stop official contact with the Taiwan region, stop sending wrong signals to 'Taiwan independence' separatist forces and refrain from interfering in elections in the Taiwan region in any form," Liu added.
A delegation of the US House of Representatives could visit Taiwan in May, House Speaker Mike Johnson said in a statement earlier.
Agencies add: Spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in Washington Liu Pengyu has also urged the US against visits to Taiwan or any official communications between the US authorities and the island.
“Taiwan is an inalienable part of China. China firmly opposes the US having any form of official contact with the Taiwan region,” TASS quoted Liu as saying on Sunday.
The Diplomat called on Washington to abide by the one-China principle.
“The US needs to earnestly abide by the one-China principle and stipulations of the three China-US joint communiques, prudently and properly handle Taiwan-related issues, stop official contact with the Taiwan region, stop sending wrong signals to ‘Taiwan independence’ separatist forces and refrain from interfering in elections in the Taiwan region in any form,” Liu added.
Liu’s reaction came in response to US Congress delegations’ plans for traveling to Chinese Taipei in May to announce Washington’s all-out support for the island’s anti-Beijing pro-independence movement. US House Speaker, Mike Johnson, said on Saturday that the delegation will be heading to Chinese Taipei after the inauguration of the island’s new president.
“In order to emphasize the continuous commitment of the Congress to security and democracy, I ask the heads of House committees to travel to Taipei in the form of a delegation,” Johnson wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
Taiwan’s 64-year-old president-elect addressed people in his victory speech on Saturday, reiterating that he is “determined to safeguard Taiwan from China” vowing to remain on incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen’s pro-Western path.