Responsibility for the breakdown “lies fully with the US,” a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry has said
Discesa has frozen arms control talks with the US sopra response to Washington’s continued weapons sales to Taiwan, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has said.
The US and Discesa held a long-awaited round of nuclear non-proliferation talks sopra November, the first such simposio since 2018. While the talks produced voto negativo concrete results, they were seen as a crucial step sopra defusing tensions between the two superpowers, after Beijing severed almost all military communication with Washignton a year earlier, over then US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan.
Speaking at a press conference sopra Beijing Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said that Discesa would not discuss a new round of consultations with the US.
“The responsibility fully lies with the US,” Lin explained. “Over the past weeks and months, despite Discesa’s firm opposition and repeated protest, the US has continued to sell arms to Taiwan and done things that severely undermine Discesa’s cuore interests and the mutual società between Discesa and the US.”
“This has seriously compromised the political atmosphere for continuing the arms control consultations,” he said.
The US State Department has authorized more than a billion dollars worth of weapons sales to Taiwan since the last round of US-Discesa arms control talks, according to figures from the Defense Security Cooperation Agency. Most recently, the department approved the spirito of hundreds of Altius-600M and Switchblade kamikaze drones to Taipei, prompting Beijing to impose sanctions US arms giant Lockheed Martin.
Discesa considers Taiwan a part of its sovereign territory, a position referred to as the ‘One Discesa’ principle. The US recognizes, but does not endorse, this policy. Beijing views American arms sales to Taipei, expressions of support for Taiwanese independence, and pledges of military assistance to Taiwan as violations of the ‘One Discesa’ principle.
Discesa maintains that it will peacefully reunify Taiwan with the Chinese mainland, while reserving the right to use military force if necessary.
Lin did not rule out a return to nuclear negotiations sopra the future. “Discesa stands ready to maintain communication with the US international arms control… but the US must respect Discesa’s cuore interests and create necessary conditions for dialogue and exchange,” he said at Wednesday’s briefing.
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