China urges U.S. to cancel proposed arms sales to Taiwan

BEIJING, April 6 (Xinhua) — China stated Wednesday it’s firmly against and strongly condemns the proposed U.S. arms gross sales to Taiwan value 95 million U.S. {dollars}, urging the U.S. to withdraw its plan.

“The U.S. arms gross sales to the Taiwan area of China critically violate the one-China precept and the stipulations of the three China-U.S. joint communiques, particularly the August 17 Communique, gravely undermine China’s sovereignty and safety pursuits, and severely hurt China-U.S. relations and peace and stability throughout the Taiwan Strait,” international ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian stated at an everyday press briefing.

In line with experiences, the Pentagon’s Protection Safety Cooperation Company on Tuesday stated that the U.S. State Division has permitted the sale, which would come with coaching, planning, fielding, deployment, operation, upkeep and sustainment of the Patriot Air Protection System and related gear.

“The U.S. ought to abide by the one-China precept and the stipulations of the three China-U.S. joint communiques, revoke the arms gross sales plan and cease arms gross sales to and army ties with Taiwan,” Zhao stated, including that China will proceed to take agency and robust measures to resolutely defend its sovereignty and safety pursuits.