Beijing, which believes that there is only one China and that Taiwan is only one province, asks the United States “to stop going further on the wrong way “.
The World with AFP
Tensions are crystallizing a little more between Beijing and Washington around Taiwan. China threatened, Thursday, January 7, in a statement to make the United States pay “a heavy price” if its ambassador to the United Nations (UN), Kelly Craft, goes in the days to come to Taiwan as has the State Department announced.
“China urges the United States to stop its mad provocation, to stop creating new difficulties for Sino-American relations and cooperation of the two countries in within the United Nations, “underlines a statement from the Chinese mission to the UN.
China is” firmly opposed “to this visit and asks the United States” to stop going further. far on the wrong track “, adds the Chinese statement which recalls estimating that there is only one China and that Taiwan is only one province.
A speech by Kelly Craft expected January 14
In a statement Thursday evening, the US mission to the UN said Kelly Craft’s trip to Taipei would take place from January 13 to 15. During her trip, the U.S. ambassador will hold talks with Taiwanese officials and members of the diplomatic community, the mission reported.
She will advocate for Taiwan’s presence in “the international space” and deliver a speech on January 14 at the Institute of Diplomacy and International Affairs “on the impressive contributions [of Taiwan ] to the global community and the importance of Taiwan’s meaningful and broad participation in international organizations, “the statement said.
In a statement early Thursday, China’s national agency Xinhua criticized the project of the visit of the American ambassador to the UN, ruling that it violated the sovereignty of China.
Last year, despite opposition from Beijing, the outgoing administration of Donald Trump had already sent officials to Taiwan against a background of heated disputes between the E the United States and China in the areas of trade, security and human rights.