PLA military actions targeted at “Taiwan independence” separatist forces and external interferences: Defense Spokesperson

BEIJING, Dec. 29 — The army actions by the PLA are focused at “Taiwan independence” separatist forces and exterior interferences, aiming to defend nationwide sovereignty and territorial integrity, stated Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, a spokesperson for the Chinese language Ministry of Nationwide Protection, at a daily press convention on Thursday.

Senior Colonel Tan made the remarks when commenting on a current assertion by the top of Taiwan’s international affairs division, who stated that the “army threats” from the mainland had develop into “unprecedentedly severe” because the variety of army plane “trespassing” into Taiwan’s “air protection identification zone” has elevated by 5 occasions since 2020, and that he thought the mainland would discover extra excuses to rehearse assaults on Taiwan.

To those phrases, Tan identified that such army actions by the PLA can be taken wherever there are individuals who overlook their heritage, betray their motherland, and search to separate the nation.

“As a substitute of counting how often or what number of occasions the PLA plane has been dispatched, the Democratic Progressive Occasion authorities had higher withstand historical past and actuality, acknowledge the overwhelming pattern of nationwide reunification and what the folks want for, and replicate on its flawed phrases and deeds of in search of “Taiwan independence” by soliciting international assist or resorting to the usage of power, by stirring up cross-Strait confrontation and jeopardizing the cross-Strait relations,” stated the spokesperson.

He additionally pressured that it’s the sacred responsibility of the PLA to safeguard nationwide sovereignty and curb “Taiwan independence” separatists. All the time taking into account its mission, the PLA has by no means slacked in combat-readiness coaching and train, standing able to smash any type of “Taiwan independence” separatist schemes and interference makes an attempt by exterior forces, and resolutely defend nationwide sovereignty and territorial integrity.