China calls on USA to abolish plan on arms supply to Taiwan
08:21, 6 January 2010
BEIJING. January 6. KAZINFORM /Ruslan Suleimenov/ China calls on the USA to realize the seriousness of the threat of selling arms to Taiwan, adhere to three Chinese-American communiqués and abolish the plan on supply of arms to the island. Official Spokesperson of the Chinese MFA Jiang Yu made it public at a regular press conference of the Ministry yesterday.
According to her, Taiwan and Tibet issues which affect sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country are the key issues of the Chinese side. "China has always stood against Dalai Lama's visits to other countries and his contacts with the political figures of foreign countries in any form and at any pretext", she noted.
As for trade-economic cooperation with the USA the Chinese Diplomat said both sides had to counter protectionism in trade in order to ensure healthy development of the bilateral ties in this sphere.