Beijing hits out at Washington over proposed US$120 million arms deal to Taiwan
- Sale includes naval ship spare parts and related equipment as well as logistical support
- Foreign ministry spokesman urges US to abide by one-China principle and abandon the deal
The US government on Wednesday announced the proposed sale of naval ship spare parts and related equipment as well as logistical support for Taiwan in the fourth such deal since President Joe Biden took office in January last year.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian on Thursday hit out at US arms sales to Taiwan, saying they “seriously violate the one-China principle and the stipulations of the three China-US joint communiques … gravely undermine China’s sovereignty and security interests, and severely harm China-US relations and peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait”.
He urged Washington to abide by the one-China principle and the three joint communiques and to withdraw its proposed deal with Taiwan.
According to a statement released by the US Defence Security Cooperation Agency on Wednesday, Taiwan had requested unclassified spare parts for ships and ship systems, logistical technical assistance, US government and contractor representative technical and logistical support, and other logistical and programme support.