The US risks provoking a direct confrontation or even a conflict with China if it adopts the wrong approach to the Taiwan issue, the Chinese embassy in Washington warned, commenting on Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and the Pacific Michael Desombre’s statements on arms sales to Taiwan.
"China’s position of firm opposition to US arms sales to the Taiwan region is consistent and clear," embassy spokesperson Liu Chang told TASS. According to him, "the Taiwan question is the most important issue in [the] China-US relations and has a bearing on the overall situation." "If handled well, the bilateral relationship can remain generally stable, allowing both sides to devote more energy to mutually beneficial cooperation. If mishandled, the two countries could clash or even come into conflict, pushing the entire China-US relationship into a highly dangerous situation," the diplomat emphasized.
"China hopes that the US side will take concrete actions to safeguard the stable development of [the] China-US relations as well as peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait," Liu Chang added.
Desombre said on June 25 that the US is insisting that Taiwan increase its budget allocations for the purchase of American weapons and military equipment. The diplomat declined to specify when the US administration might decide to transfer the approximately $14 billion arms package to Taiwan that had previously been approved by Congress. He added that Washington would not consider Beijing’s protests in this matter.
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