China warns the US that the Chinese military will “leave no room” for Taiwan independence activities

March 17 (EUROPA PRESS) –

China’s Defense Ministry warned the United States on Thursday that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) will safeguard the country’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and leave no room for China’s “Taiwan independence” separatist activities. no way.

This was stated at a press conference by the spokesman for the ministry, Tan Kefei, who has responded to press inquiries about the rise in tensions on the island of Taiwan due to the alleged “provocative acts” by Washington, has Xinhua reported.

“The root cause of the rise in tensions in the Taiwan Strait is the provocative acts of the Democratic Party authorities to conspire with outside forces in the pursuit of ‘Taiwan independence’ and their stubborn determination to stand on the opposite side. of the fundamental interests of the Chinese nation,” Tan said.

For this reason, it has justified that the PLA carry out military operations in response to “external interference” and “secessionist activities that seek the independence of Taiwan.”

“Taiwan is China’s Taiwan, and the Taiwan question is purely China’s internal affair and the core of China’s fundamental interests,” the Defense Ministry spokesman said, emphasizing that the Taiwan question is “the first red line that cannot be crossed in relations between China and the United States”.

China strongly opposes any form of official meeting or military contact between the United States and Taiwan, as it views the island as its sovereignty. Although Taiwan has had an independent government since 1949, the Chinese government’s fundamental policy towards the island has so far been one of peaceful reunification under the “one country, two systems” principle.