Yesterday afternoon, Colonel Ren Guoqiang, a spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense (MND) of the People's Republic of China (PRC), denounced the violation of Taiwan's airspace on June 9 by an American C- transport aircraft. 40 (a military version of the Boeing 737, used by both the Navy and the USAF), defining the extremely dangerous act.
The spokesman also added, in response to the flight of US military planes over Taiwan, he said that the action of the United States has seriously violated Chinese territorial sovereignty and this initiative could compromise the peace and stability of relations between the two nations.
"The Chinese side urges the American side to respect only Chinese policy and the three clauses of the joint communiques between China and the USA, and to stop all acts that violate China's national sovereignty and territorial integrity", said Ren Guoqiang, adding that Taiwan is an integral part of China and there is no way to "use Taiwan to contain China, not even with a strong Taipei alliance with foreign armed forces".
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has a firm will, full confidence and sufficient capacity to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity, protect the common interests of compatriots on both sides of the strait, maintain regional peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, and resolutely oppose any attempt to create the so-called "one China, one Taiwan", stressed Ren.
Photo: US Navy
