China warns Slovakia, Czech Republic ahead of Taiwanese minister’s visit

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Taiwanese foreign minister Joseph Wu is due to visit the two European countries next week

The foreign ministry in Beijing said no one should have any “illusions” about the country’s response when it came to defending national sovereignty

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Published: 9:07pm, 22 Oct 2021Updated: 10:19pm, 22 Oct 2021

China has warned Slovakia and the Czech Republic that nobody should harbour any illusions about the “necessary measures” Beijing will take to defend its sovereignty, ahead of a visit to both European countries by Taiwan’s foreign minister.

Beijing claims self-ruled Taiwan as its own territory and is always angered by visits of senior Taiwanese officials to other countries, viewing it as covert support for the island’s claims to be a state.

Taiwanese foreign minister Joseph Wu’s rare Europe trip next week will first take him to a forum in Slovakia organised by a local think tank.

He will then go to Prague to meet the speaker of the Czech parliament’s upper house, Milos Vystrcil, and city mayor Zdenek Hrib.

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Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said they would be watching Wu’s movements closely.

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