The United States commits itself to providing Taiwanwhich China considers part of its territory, has the necessary means to defend itself, despite the lack of official diplomatic relations between them, which angers Beijing.
The US Department of Defense (Pentagon) said on Friday: US It approved a potential $2 billion arms sale to Taiwan, including the delivery of an advanced air defense missile system tested in Ukraine for the first time, to the island.
In a statement issued late Saturday, China’s Foreign Ministry said it strongly condemns and opposes these sales, adding that it has made “solemn representations” to the United States.
She added that China Urges the United States to immediately stop arming Taiwan and “cease its dangerous actions that undermine peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.”
The ministry stated, without going into details, that “China will take resolute countermeasures and take all necessary measures to vigorously defend national sovereignty, security and territorial integrity.”
The Taiwan government welcomed the new US arms deal, which is the seventeenth of the US President’s administration Joe Biden To the island.
“In the face of China’s threats, Taiwan is obligated to protect its territory, and will continue to show its determination to defend itself,” Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry said in its response to the arms deal.